Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) Monday arrested a man accused of bringing candidates to a paper-leak network that allegedly charged them lakhs of rupees to access and solve a leaked recruitment examination paper.The man, identified as Vinod Kumar Jat alias Vinod Rewad, allegedly supplied candidates to Arun Sharma alias Rajendra Sharma, who taught them the leaked General Knowledge and Educational Psychology paper for the Rajasthan Public Service Commission’s 2022 Senior Teacher recruitment exam. Investigators said Arun collected Rs 57 lakh from 29 candidates across three locations in Rajasthan.Arun allegedly received Rs 25 lakh from 13 candidates at Milkha Defence Academy in Rewasa, Ranoli; Rs 18 lakh from nine candidates at a rented house in Puran Vihar Colony, Bainad, Jaipur; and Rs 14 lakh from seven candidates at a computer institute near Hathoj bus stand on Kalwar Road. Investigators said Vinod brought the candidates and routed their payments to Arun. Arun was arrested earlier.The case dates to Dec 23, 2022, when police intercepted a bus outside Bekaria police station in Udaipur district and found several candidates and dummy candidates with a solved question paper. The exam was scheduled for Dec 24. Investigators later found that Anil Kumar Meena alias Sher Singh Meena had allegedly supplied the paper to Arun Sharma before the exam.SOG ADG Vishal Bansal said Vinod was arrested by investigating officer and additional SP Prakash Kumar Sharma on Oct 12. He will be in police custody until Oct 20. The case has seen 70 arrests, including Rajasthan Public Service Commission member Babulal Katara.
