A candidate exchanged his RFID tag, used for calculating the distance run, with his friend. In the second incident, two candidates took a shortcut in the third round of the 1600-metre run to complete the task (Illustrations/Uday Mohite)
Updated On: 2026-02-26 12:23 PM IST
Compiled by : Tarun Verma
Sagar Nivrutti exchanged his RFID tag with his friend Omkar Wanjud, who is a better runner and not interested in applying
Just before the test began, Wanjud swapped his RFID chip with Nivrutti. Wanjud then pretended to collapse and was rushed to the HBT Trauma Care Hospital
Meanwhile, Omkar Wanjud completes the race carrying Nivrutti’s RFID chip, leading cops to get suspicious
The police check CCTV footage of the ground and discover that the RFID chips had been swapped to give Nivrutti an advantage; both are booked
Omkar Ravindra Pawar from Nashik, and Suyash Sitaram Khande from Mumbai took a shortcut in the 1600-metre run by going off the track and re-entering later; both were booked
