Kaushambi’s Manjhanpur Kotwali police has taken action under the Gangster Act against 23 accused including Rajiv Nayan Mishra, the kingpin of the gang that leaked the question paper of competitive exams. Cases are already registered against all of them in Manjhanpur, Kokhraj and Civil Lines police stations of Prayagraj. Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission had organized the RO/ARO examination on 11 February 2024. The gang members had collected a hefty amount from the candidates by leaking the paper before the exam date. When the matter was revealed, the STF arrested three gang members Ayush Pandey, Puneet Singh and Naveen Singh from Manjhanpur area. A case was registered against them in Manjhanpur Kotwali.
During the investigation, the names of the gang leader Rajiv Nayan Mishra and 20 others came to light. 19 members including the gang leader have been arrested by the STF. An FIR related to leaking the paper of this exam was also registered at the Civil Lines police station in Prayagraj at the same time. Manjhanpur police has filed a chargesheet against all the members of the gang. Now action has been taken against all 23 members including the gang leader under the Gangster Act. SP Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said that this gang had also leaked the question paper of the Teacher Eligibility Test held in the year 2021. This exam was held at many centers in the district. Kokhraaj police had registered a case in the matter.
Now property details are being collected
After taking action against the Paper Leak gang under the Gangster Act, the Kaushambi police is now collecting property details of all the members. SP Brijesh Srivastava said that any property the gang members have acquired from crime will be confiscated soon.
Five accused are lodged in Kaushambi jail
Manjhanpur’s Kotwal Santosh Sharma said that four members of the Paper Leak gang are still absconding. Raids are being conducted at possible hideouts to search them. Accused Arpit Dilip Yashwant, Amit Singh, Dr. Sharad, Kamlesh Kumar and Abhishek Shukla are in Kaushambi jail. The gang leader Rajiv Nayan is lodged in Meerut jail. He was caught by the STF. Remaining 13 members are lodged in Prayagraj and Meerut jails.
According to SP Brijesh Shrivastava, Gangster action has been taken against all the members including the kingpin of the gang that leaked question papers of competitive exams. Details of their properties are being collected. Soon the properties will be confiscated. Raids are being conducted at possible hideouts in search of the absconding accused.
Gang members against whom Gangster action was taken
– Rajiv Nayan Mishra alias Rahul Kumar Mishra son of late. Dinanath Mishra resident of village Amaura police station Meja district Prayagraj, present address village Dharampur post Shuklapur police station Meja, district Prayagraj
-Subhash Prakash son of Yogendra Pandit resident of village Baira police station Jaynagar district Madhubani Bihar, present address 127 Anand Nagar Piplani near Bhawani Chowk Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
-Ravi Atri son of Gorakh Singh resident of village Neemka police station Jewar district Gautam Buddha Nagar, present address house number 2635/28 UGF near main Patel Nagar road Shadi Khampur Patel Nagar police station Patel Nagar Central Delhi
-Vikram Pahal son of Kanwar Singh resident of village Barah Khurd police station Kotwali Jind district Jind (Haryana)
-Sunil Raghuvanshi son of Rambabu Raghuvanshi resident of 39/04 New Transport Nagar Kanha Saiya police station Bilkhiriya district Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
-Amarjeet Sharma son of Baleshwar Sharma resident of village Ichcha police station Fatehpur district Gaya (Bihar)
-Vishal Dubey son of Arun Kumar Dubey resident of Unchadih Bazar police station Meja district Prayagraj
-Sandeep Pandey son of Harishankar Pandey Resident of Panasa, Police Station Karchana, District Prayagraj
-Vivek Upadhyay son of Late Ramayan Upadhyay resident of Sonbarsa, Police Station Bairia, District Ballia
-Ayush Pandey son of Vinod Kumar Pandey resident of Babhanpura, Police Station Ranipur, District Mau
-Puneet Singh son of Dhirendra Pratap Singh resident of Joginka, Police Station Gopiganj, District Bhadohi
-Naveen Singh son of Fateh Bahadur Singh resident of Harpur, Police Station Sarayalkhansi, District Mau
-Arun Kumar Singh son of Fateh Bahadur Singh resident of village Gopalpur, Post Upadhyaypur, Police Station Antu, District Pratapgarh, present address Khargapur, Plot No. 246 AB, Police Station Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow and E-1/27, Aashiyana LPS Sector First Alambal LDA Colony, Lucknow
-Amit Singh son of Late Shivbhoop Singh resident of D 2173, Indira Nagar, Police Station Ghazipur, District Lucknow
-Dr. Sharad Singh son of Nandlal Singh resident of village Kailahat Post Pachewara Police Station Chunar district Mirzapur, present address Lovenest Apartment Vrindavan Yojna Police Station PGI district Lucknow
– Abhishek Shukla son of Sandeep Shukla resident of Banni Guran Police Station Biswan district Sitapur, present address 231/30 Makkabagh Raja Bazar Chowk Police Station Chowk district Lucknow
– Kamlesh Kumar Pal son of Ram Dulara Pal resident of Chakchurawan Kamaldipur Police Station Jhunsi district Prayagraj
– Arpit Vineet Jaswant son of late Sushil Kumar Jaswant Kumar resident of 54/148 B Myorabad Police Station Cantt district Prayagraj
– Saurabh Kumar Shukla son of Pradeep Kumar Shukla resident of L 1/75 Sector F Police Station Aashiyana district Lucknow, original address Shivcharan ka Purwa Mazra Nariyawa Police Station Maheshganj district Pratapgarh
– Prabhat Kumar Singh son of late Ramadhar Singh resident of Ward No. 11 Sahatwar Police Station Sahatwar district Ballia
– Pandit ji alias Devprakash Pandey son of Baikunth Nath Pandey resident of 328 Naya Purwa Stanley Road Prayagraj, original address Dhanni Patti Post Dilip Nagar Police Station Kashiya district Kushinagar
– Roshan Singh Patel son of Ram Naresh Singh resident of Shankar Bazar town and police station Karvi district Chitrakoot, present address MIG 49 Jhalwa Police Station Dhoomanganj district Prayagraj
– Santosh Kumar Chourasiya son of Shivcharan Lal resident of Pura Narhauli Police Station Bah district Agra, present address A 590 Sector Noida Greater Noida Commissionerate Gautam Buddha Nagar
