Overview

• Document checks ahead of joining flagged mismatches between candidates’ admit card photos and live fingerprints, prompting a deeper probe.
• Investigations across three districts have resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen individuals, including applicants and the hired ‘solvers.’
• Officials have registered around two dozen FIRs and now require all selectees to submit character certificates and Aadhaar update histories.
• Perpetrators exploited internal access to swap fingerprints and facial data before exams and then restored original biometrics afterward to evade detection.
• Police suspect the scheme involves a larger organized network, potentially implicating coaching centre operators and Aadhaar kiosk agents.