LUCKNOW: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow, has arrested Ravi Attri and Subhash Prakash, the masterminds behind the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Examination Paper Leak and the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Fee (UPPSC) RO/ARO Examination Paper Leak case, on Tuesday.
The ED took custody of the 2 people following an order from the Particular Courtroom (PMLA), Lucknow, which granted the ED custody of the accused.
Justice Neel Kanth Mani Tripathi has granted a seven-day custody of Subhash and Ravi to the ED.
The ED had initiated an investigation primarily based on FIRs registered by the UP Police below numerous sections of the IPC, 1860, the Uttar Pradesh Public Examination Act, 1998, and the Data Know-how Act, 2000, pertaining to the UP Police Constable Recruitment Examination Paper Leak and the UPPSC RO/ARO Examination Paper Leak.
The ED’s investigation revealed that Ravi Attri and Subhash Prakash, with the help of their associates, leaked query papers for the UP Police Constable Recruitment Examination 2023 and the RO/ARO Examination 2023.
They generated proceeds of crime by offering leaked query papers to examination aspirants earlier than the scheduled examination dates. Preparations had been made for candidates to collect at resorts in Manesar, Haryana, and in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Vital credit and money deposits had been noticed within the financial institution accounts of the accused, each after the discharge of the examination notifications and main as much as and after the examination dates.
Earlier, property together with plots, flats, financial institution accounts, and cars, amounting to Rs. 1.02 crore, had been connected by ED Lucknow.
