Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force today busted a gang which allegedly duped candidates on the pretext of getting them selected in Lekhpal (revenue) recruitment examination with the arrest of its leader tonight.
Sunil Kumar Singh was arrested from Mahanager police station area and photostat copies of seven admit cards of the examination, Rs 12.80 lakh cash, one BMW and a car were seized from his possession, the STF said.
During interrogation, Singh said that he and his gang were involved in this kind of work in some of the examinations conducted in the state earlier also.
As many as 26 lakh candidates will take the exam for the post of Lekhpal all over the state tomorrow.
