City Police bust TOEFL exam racket, 11 held Hyderabad, Feb 1 (INN): The West Zone team of Hyderabad Police Commissioner's Task Force has arrested 11 persons who were involved in a racket of online exam for Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL).
On January 31, the sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force apprehended 11 persons including one Sk Wajid Basha and his friend Iftequaruddin @ Afroz who arranged helpers for candidates to write TOEFL online test at IP Zone office in CVR Plaza at Vikrampuri Colony in Secunderabad.
They charged Rs 1 lakh per candidate for the same. The police also apprehended six students and three impersonators, who were attending the TOEFL online test in place of the original candidates.
The other accused who were arrested are Mohd Rafi Ahmed Taha, Bhupesh Sharma, S Rama Krishna, Md Abdul Rasheed, Md Sarfaraz Hussain, S Kanishka, M Vishnu Bhai Patel, Krupal Kumar Patel and Anthar.
The police also seized Rs 88,000/- cash, 10 cell phones, six Students Attendance rosters-6, six Student Confidentiality Statements for the TOEFL iBT Test forms and other material.
The arrested accused persons, along with seized material, were handed over to the Karkhana Police Station for taking necessary action.
The raid was conducted under the supervision of DCP Task Force B Limba Reddy, Inspector AP Anand Kumar, Sub-Inspectors M Prabhaka Reddy, D Jalender Reddy, M Venkateshwar Goud and P Mallikarjun and other staff of West Zone Task Force team.
News Posted: 1 February, 2015
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