An interstate racket hacking websites of universities across the country to upload fake registration certificates of ineligible candidates was busted by ahmedabad City police Cyber cell.
The targeted websites also included those of Gujarat State Pharmaceutical Council (GSPC) and defence related Combined Defence Services (CDS) and National Defence Academy (NDA).
ACP Jeetendra Yadav said that based on a complaint lodged by Jashu Chaudhary, registrar of GSPC, they initiated a probe and detained Jaimin Pandya, 34, a tuition class owner of Vadodara, Viral Jaiswal, 42, who runs an education institute named Kaplon in Vadodara, Manoj Chauhan, 30, a loan commission agent and an RTI activist, and Mrigank Chaturvedi of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Cyber cell sources said that Jaimin runs a tuition class named Global Academy and coaches engineering students, students preparing for UPSC (Union Public Service Commission), Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) , National Defence Academy (NDA) and Combined Défence Services (CDS) .
“Jaimin takes classes in Kaplon Institute of Viral Jaiswal in Alkapuri, Vadodara. Viral also works as a student visa agent and coaches candidates for IELTS exams,” Yadav said.
According to cyber cell sources, Manoj is a loan agent and Mrigank is the kingpin of hacking websites and he used to insert forged documents made by Viral in the hacked websites.
Cyber cell sources said they all came in contact through Facebook and decided to run a pan-India racket by hacking websites of different institutions and universities.
“We have recovered four mobile phones, nine forged marksheets and other incriminating documents from the accused. During interrogation Mrigank confessed that they have made several fake documents and marksheets of different universities and have uploaded them to the websites of different institutions and universities by hacking them.” said ACP Yadav.
Cyber cell sources said that till now they have got names of seven to eight candidates whose details have been inserted into the websites based on fake documents. “We suspect more arrests in the case from different parts of the country,” added Yadav.
