Salt Lake: An MBA and a BTech were among the six persons arrested by Bidhannagar police on Friday on the charge of running an admission-and-job racket.

Police said the kingpins of the racket were Avishek Nayek, alias Pratik Singh, and Saikat Sarkar.

"Nayek,32, is an MBA from a private university and Sarkar, 30, did his BTech through a distance education programme. At one point they ran the racket from Salt Lake's CK block," an officer of the Bidhannagar police commissionerate said.

"The six were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by Nitesh Luharuka, a Dum Dum resident. They had cheated at least 50 aspirants of crores of rupees by promising them government jobs or berths in medical colleges."

The other four accused are Snehasish Banerjee, alias Suraj Kumar, 25, a Behala resident; Ram Prasad Ghosh, from Bankura; Sahalam Salim, 36, a resident of Topsia; and Nasim Anwar, 30, from Madhaymgram. They have been arrested from various places across the city.

Luharuka's brother, the complaint stated, wanted to study medicine and had written the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) last year. All medical colleges in the country have to admit students to their MBBS courses through NEET, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

"The complainant's brother got a call days after the exam. The caller said he could get the applicant admitted to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital through the donors' quota and asked him to visit their office in CK block," an officer said.

When the applicant went to the office, which had a board with "RS Solution" written on it at the entrance, the men told him to pay Rs 15 lakh for the berth at RG Kar.

"The applicant paid the money in July and September. After getting the money the group became incommunicado and also closed the CK Block office," the officer said.

The sleuths identified the accused by tracking the cellphone number from which Luharuka's brother got the call.