10-07-2025
SOG arrests daughter, niece, nephew of teacher in SI paper leak
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Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) Thursday arrested three relatives of the arrested govt teacher Kundan Kumar Pandya for allegedly receiving and using leaked question papers to clear the written exam.
ADG (SOG) V.K. Singh said that the accused—Riddhi Pandya (daughter), and Naitik and Neha Pandya (niece and nephew)—were arrested after it was revealed during the probe that Kundan Pandya passed on leaked question papers to them. All three cleared the written exam but failed the physical test, resulting in their disqualification.
Riddhi scored 303 out of 500 in the written exam, Naitik scored 290, and Neha's written score was 313.
"Even with the leaked question paper, the three accused forgot answers to some of the questions," said an official.
Pandya, who was arrested on June 5 along with two others, allegedly obtained the leaked papers from former RPSC member Babulal Katara, who is already under arrest. The investigation revealed that Katara procured all three sets of the SI exam question papers nearly 35 days before the examination and handed them to his nephew Vijay Kumar Damor, who copied them into a notebook.
The same notebook was later passed on to Kundan Pandya.
Pandya, wanting a "secure future" for his daughter and other family members, allegedly instructed them to apply for the SI exam. He then gave them the leaked papers and asked them to memorise the answers. "All three scored exceptionally well in the written exam," Singh said, "but they failed to meet the physical eligibility criteria."
Earlier, the SOG arrested Katara's nephew Damor, who reportedly copied all three sets of question papers by hand at Katara's govt residence in Ajmer.
Singh added that Pandya's brother, Lokendra, father of two of the arrested accused, will also be summoned for questioning.
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JEN 2020 paper leak accused held
Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) on Thursday arrested Mahendra Gehlot, a close aide of notorious paper leak mastermind Uda Ram Vishnoi, for his alleged role in the Junior Engineer Recruitment Exam 2020 leak. According to officials, before the exam was conducted, Uda Ram and Gehlot conspired to provide the leaked question paper to select candidates in exchange for Rs 12 lakh each.
Uda Ram allegedly sent the paper to Gehlot over WhatsApp ahead of the exam.
Gehlot, in turn, distributed the paper to multiple candidates who agreed to pay the bribe. "The accused were part of a well-organised racket that promised guaranteed selection through leaked papers in exchange for large sums of money," said an SOG official. Investigators suspect that several candidates benefited from the leak and are now under the scanner.
