Overview
- Four aspiring constables were booked after irregularities were flagged during physical tests at the Marol training ground.
- In the 100‑metre sprint, Sagar Nivrutti Tile and Omkar Baban Wanjul allegedly swapped RFID timing chips, with one runner later taken to a Jogeshwari trauma hospital after a fall.
- Officials found a timing anomaly on the server and, after inquiry and CCTV checks, concluded the chips had been exchanged to secure marks fraudulently.
- CCTV from the 1,600‑metre event showed Omkar Ravindra Pawar completing only three laps and Suyash Sitaram Khade exiting the track and re‑entering near the scanning zone.
- Powai police registered two FIRs under BNS Sections 3(5), 318(4) and 319(3), served notices to the accused, and confirmed that further investigation is underway.