Panipat: Another accused nabbed in airmen recruitment case

Tribune News Service

Panipat, December 27

The police have arrested a member of a gang for his alleged involvement in the recruitment of airmen by providing help to aspirants during an online examination of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in computer labs.

The accused was identified as Harish, alias Pilot, of Ishapur in Dwarka of Delhi. He was posted as a constable in the Delhi Police. The Panipat police had announced Rs 15,000 on his arrest some days ago.

Inspector Anil Chhiller, in charge, CIA-3 unit, said Vinod, another accused in the case, who was arrested in July, had stated that he had given money and roll numbers of some aspirants to Harish. After getting a tipoff, the accused was arrested from Ishapur Delhi and produced in court on Monday. The court sent him on two-day police custody for further investigation.

The CIA-3 unit of the district police nabbed a four-member gang from a private school lab here in July this year allegedly for aiding the aspirants by collecting money from them. Ten accused have been arrested in the case so far, said the police.