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It is learnt that Dahiya, during interrogation, named one Ramesh Dahiya, a resident of Preetpura village in Sonepat, as the person who had actually procured the question papers. Officers of the Delhi Police Crime Branch reached Preetpura and found Ramesh Dahiya’s house locked since January 15. The man is also absconding.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate M C Gupta has remanded Dahiya to police custody till February 21 as investigators sought his interrogation in custody to ferret out the extent of this network. Officers said Dahiya will also be able to lead them on to the other accused Sanjay Rana, who is at large.
Dahiya, who once ran a private coaching centre in west Delhi, was tried before in the mid nineties for leaking another set of question papers — that of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s recruitment exam. He was arrested then and later released on bail.
It is learnt that Dahiya and Sanjay Rana had teamed up with three Delhi Police officers — Sub-inspector Ram Chander Gulia, Assistant Sub-inspector Pale Ram and Constable Rajesh — and charged Rs 10 to Rs 12 lakh from each candidate for a set of question papers. These officers were arrested in January.
Police officers said all cash transactions were recorded in a register by ASI Pale Ram, which was recovered from his home in Delhi during a raid. The police were put on Joginder Dahiya’s trail when officers discovered his business card from a candidate. The card bore his signature against an amount of Rs 10 lakh paid to him by this candidate.
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