Greater Noida, May 23: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has exposed a significant fraud operation involving the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) online examination in Greater Noida.
On Friday, the STF’s Noida unit arrested seven individuals, including the main accused, Pradeep Chauhan. This gang was reportedly using proxy servers and screen-sharing technology to facilitate cheating in the recruitment exams for constables in the CAPF and SSF, as well as riflemen for the Assam Rifles 2026 recruitment. The arrests took place at the Balaji Digital Zone examination center in Greater Noida.
According to the STF, the authorities seized ₹5 million in cash, ten mobile phones, five laptops, a router, a list of candidates, two admit cards, and four identity cards from Eduquity Company. The arrested individuals include Pradeep Chauhan from Muzaffarnagar, Arun Kumar from Mathura, Sandeep Bhati from Bulandshahr, Nishant Raghav from Bulandshahr, Amit Rana from Bagpat, Shakir Malik from Bagpat, and Vivek Kumar from Bulandshahr. Shakir and Vivek were identified as candidates for the exam. The STF had received information about the gang’s involvement in various recruitment exam frauds for some time.
Under the direction of Additional Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Mishra and the leadership of Deputy Superintendent of Police Naveendu Kumar, a team was formed to investigate. During the investigation, they learned that a proxy server was being used to solve the exam paper from outside the examination center. Based on this information, the STF team raided the examination center and arrested all suspects on-site.
During interrogation, Pradeep Chauhan revealed that he had completed his M.Com from Meerut College and had been involved in online exam fraud for an extended period. He stated that the exam was being conducted by Eduquity Company, and the server was bypassed to solve the question paper using a screen-sharing viewer application. It was also revealed that Amit Rana had developed the technique to bypass the examination center’s server, while Arun Kumar was responsible for setting up the proxy server.
Sandeep Bhati was tasked with finding candidates willing to pay for passing the exam. The gang charged ₹400,000 per candidate, of which ₹50,000 was given to the person bringing in the candidate, while the remaining amount was divided among the gang members and the solver. A case has been registered at the Knowledge Park police station under various sections of the BNS, the Ordinance for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment Examinations-2023, and the IT Act. Local police are proceeding with further legal action.
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