Jee Exam Scam: Assam Police arrests proxy candidate from Delhi

Nov. 29: Pradip Kumar, the proxy candidate who wrote the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2020 for Neel Nakshatra Das to top the test, has been arrested by Assam Police from Delhi on Sunday. Pradeep Kumar will be brought to Guwahati on a special flight. As per sources, he will be produced before the court of the Kamrup Metro Judicial Magistrate on Monday.

The proxy candidate sat for the JEE (Mains) Exam, 2020 on behalf of Neel Nakshatra Das in Guwahati. The scam came to light last month, when the phone call recording of the accused candidate, who took the help of a proxy candidate, went viral on social media. According to the FIR lodged by Mitradev Sharma at the Azara police station in Guwahati, it was alleged that the candidate, who scored 99.8%, allegedly didn’t appear for the test held on September 5.

During investigation, police arrested 7 persons so far including the candidate himself. However, the proxy candidate could not be traced as yet. Those arrested have been lodged at Guwahati central jail. They are the candidate Neel Nakshatra Das, his father Dr Jyotirmoy Das, the mastermind of the scam and owner of Global Edu Light Bhargav Deka, consultant of Global Edu Light Kakoli Buzarbaruah, two employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – Hamendra Nath Sarma and Pranjal Kalita and one invigilator of the examination Hirukamal Pathak.

A special investigating team (SIT) under the leadership of the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Suprative Lal Baruah was formed and investigation was on to trace the proxy candidate.Finally, the proxy candidate, Pradeep Kumar was arrested in Delhi by a team of Assam Police in the afternoon on Sunday.