STF conducts raids in four districts

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh special task force (STF) on Tuesday conducted raids in four districts in connection with the rigging of 69,000 assistant teachers’ recruitment examination.
A senior STF officer privy to the investigation said six teams carried out raids in Pratapgarh, Bhadohi, Kanpur and Kaushambi to collect evidences against the mastermind, KL Patel.
Evidences suggested that many of the candidates who met Patel belonged to these four districts. Their addresses were traced through call detail records of Patel. “Patel is a government medical officer. His involvement was found in the rigging of railway recruitment examination after the police busted a gang in 2019. Patel was also involved in manipulations in other examinations,” the officer said. Patel was also lodged in Bhopal jail for 45 days in connection with Madhya Pradesh’s Vyapam scam. STF has also sought information about Patel from other districts of the state.