The Byculla police have arrested two tax inspectors posted at the Kolhapur tax office while they were appearing for the final tax assistant 2017 exam as dummy candidates
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The Byculla police have arrested two tax inspectors posted at the Kolhapur tax office while they were appearing for the final tax assistant 2017 exam as dummy candidates. The police have recovered fake Aadhaar and PAN cards from them, and have also found out that they have appeared for the same exam as dummy candidates at least four times in the past.
The telling email
According to the police, on December 31, just before the main entrance exam for tax assistants was scheduled to start, senior inspector Avinash Shingte received a mail that stated that two dummy candidates were appearing for the paper.
"The mail contained the names of the original candidates as well as the dummy ones, and a photograph of one of them," said an officer. A team from the police station raided the exam centre at Mazgaon and arrested the dummy candidates. An officer who was part of the raiding team said, "After checking their hall tickets, Aadhaar and PAN cards, when we asked them their actual addresses, they started stammering. We then took them to Byculla police station."
In custody
The accused have been identified as Sachin Rakhmaji Narale and Sandeep Vijaykant Bhusare. "Both are residents of Kolhapur and posted as Class II tax officers there. They have completed six to eight years of service. This time, they were appearing for two candidates from Nanded, who are yet to be arrested," said an officer. The accused duo has been booked under sections 420 and 120b of IPC and relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices at University, Board and other Specified Examinations Act, 1982. Both will be in police custody till January 6.
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