Impersonation in Railway exam using thumb skin: Vadodara Police to expand probe to Bihar

The Vadodara police, which is investigating a case of alleged cheating by impersonation in the Railway Recruitment Board RCC Level-1 exam where the original candidate peeled off the skin of his left thumb to allow a ‘dummy candidate’ to clear the biometric verifications for the exam, is set to further take the probe to native of the accused in Bihar. The Laxmipura police has sent the samples of the accused and the seized skin to the Surat Forensic Science Laboratory for a DNA report.

The case came to light on August 22 when the accused duo arrived to appear for the RCC Level-1 Group D exam of the Railway Recruitment Board conducted by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Vadodara.