Jammu: Jammu Police on Sunday apprehended 14 persons for their alleged involvement in an attempt to facilitate cheating in the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) Finance Accounts Assistant examination held on Saturday through the use of electronic communication devices.
A police spokesperson said credible intelligence inputs were received about a group allegedly conspiring to help selected candidates use unfair means during the examination. Preliminary inputs suggested that the suspects had devised a mechanism to transmit answers to selected candidates appearing in the examination through electronic communication technology, the spokesperson said.
Acting on the inputs, multiple police teams were constituted and strategically deployed around identified examination centres to detect the suspected facilitators and prevent any attempt to compromise the fairness of the examination.
The 14 suspects were apprehended from peripheral and adjoining locations of various examination centres before the commencement of the test, police said.
Several electronic devices, including wireless radio sets allegedly intended to transmit answers to candidates inside the examination halls, were recovered and seized, the spokesperson said.
Three FIRs have been registered at Police Station Domana under relevant provisions of law, while a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the matter.
Police said the investigation would focus on identifying the entire network involved in the alleged conspiracy, establishing the specific roles of the suspected facilitators and beneficiaries, tracing the source and procurement of the electronic communication devices and ascertaining the possible involvement of other individuals.
The spokesperson said police remained committed to ensuring fair, transparent and peaceful conduct of competitive examinations and warned that strict legal action would be taken against all those found involved in such unlawful activities.
