Professor of engg college in Pune's Wagholi, 3 students arrested for circulating answer sheets to students for cheating after exam
Pune: A professor and three second-year students of an engineering college in Wagholi were arrested early on Tuesday by crime branch officials of the Pune police for circulating answer sheets after the exam on Monday to first-year students for cheating in exchange for money.
Additional commissioner of police (crime) Pankaj Deshmukh told TOI that assistant inspector Madan Kamble received information about the professor giving out the answer sheets illegally to the students late in the night on the college premises so that they could rewrite the answers to some sections of the question paper and put the sheets back in the strongroom after finishing.
Deshmukh said, "The first-year students appeared for their engineering mathematics examination on Monday.
It was a tough paper for some. They were told to leave blank spaces on the answer sheets for the questions they did not attempt and fill them up later in the night with the right answers."
Senior inspector Yuvraj Hande of the Wagholi police said, "We have arrested the professor, Pratik Satav (37), of Wagholi, and the three students. We are questioning them."
The examinations are conducted by Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).
Colleges away from the core city limits have to safely keep the answer sheets overnight and deliver them for checking to the university the next day.
Deshmukh added that the professor took Rs 15,000 to Rs 50,000 from each student to give them the answer sheets so that they could score well in the examination. The second-year students, who have been arrested, took the first-year students to the professor, the police officer said.
He added that the professor was the exam officer in the college, but was recently relieved of the post. He now teaches mechanical engineering to the students in the same college.
Deshmukh said, "Satav prepared a duplicate key to the strong room where the answer sheets are kept. He colluded with the second-year students to earn quick money. He gave them the duplicate key and they pulled out eight answer sheets and circulated them to the students who had left blank spaces to fill up."
The students were caught writing the answers. The professor was not present in the room. He was arrested after the police questioned the students and their replies led to him.
The police team also seized six bundles of answer sheets and Rs 2 lakh in cash. "The money was given by the first-year students to their seniors in the second year," Deshmukh said.
Prabhakar Desai, acting director of the examination and evaluation board of SPPU, in a statement on Tuesday said, "The board is committed to systematic examination planning, evaluation, and result processing.
It is fully aware that every action in this regard must be lawful, honest, sensitive, and governed by rules and ethics. Efforts are being made to instil sensitivity regarding this in all components associated with examination planning, evaluation, and the result process.
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The statement added, "However, the act committed on Tuesday by the faculty member of the college located at Wagholi is highly unethical and a violation of the university's examination planning regulations. SPPU has formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the matter and has instructed the committee to submit its report within just seven days. The board will take strict action against the concerned individuals as per the university's law.
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