With the arrest of three men, Noida Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked a blind murder case and busted a fake MBBS admission racket.
The accused, held from the Zero Point on the Yamuna Expressway on Tuesday evening, were running a fake call centre named “Crack Your Career” through which they duped MBBS aspirants pan India, the police said.
A body was found near Wajidpur village on September 9 and a probe revealed the identity of the deceased as Sanjeev Rawat alias Rishi, who was an employee of “Crack Your Future” consultancy, SSP, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna said.
“Investigation led the police to the accused men. Three of them have been arrested while four are absconding,” Mr. Krishna said.
Those arrested have been identified as Neeraj Singh alias Harendra Singh, 30, Nikhil Gaurav alias Sameer Rai, 25, and Dhirendra Kumar alias Sonal Singh, 41, he said.
“The gang had an office in Janakpuri, Delhi and one in Noida. They had gathered data of candidates aspiring for admission in prominent medical colleges. They would call up gullible candidates and offer them help with admission for a price and then vanish,” he said.
