A person working in MPHW was arrested in Jamnagar, the total number of accused arrested in the case of dummy scandal has increased to 62. A person working in MPHW was arrested in Jamnagar, the total number of accused arrested in the case of dummy scandal has increased to 62.

While the investigation by different teams of police in the Bhavnagar dummy case is going on, the Special Investigation Team has nabbed one more person involved in the dummy case, in which SOG has arrested Niketan Jagdishbhai Pandya MPHW Jamnagar Wala against 36 accused in the dummy case. A complaint was registered, 31 persons have been arrested so far while a total of 62 persons including 31 persons not mentioned in the FIR have been arrested.

Crimes were registered against 36
The recently held competitive examination in the state caused a huge stir when more than 35 students from villages of Bhavnagar and Botad and Amreli districts engaged in malpractice by replacing the original students with dummy students. was,

A SIT has been constituted to probe the entire matter
A special investigation team of 19 officers and employees has been constituted by Bhavnagar Range IG to investigate the matter. In which a team has been formed with men from 1 PI, 8 PSI, LCB, SOG and Parole Furlough Squad. Which is investigating the dummy scandal.

How was the scam carried out?
​​​​​​​The accused, in connivance with each other for their own benefit, tampered with hall tickets and photographs of Aadhaar cards of the candidates appearing for Gujarat State Educational Board and Government Job Competitive Examinations during the year 2012 to 2023 and made a dummy person sit for the examinations instead.