Rs 10L to Rs 18L charged for cheating in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti exam: Cops
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Chandigarh: In the wake of the arrest of 17 individuals for cheating in the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti exam, a police probe found that the "deal" for cheating during the exam was settled for amounts ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 18 lakh.
Investigation revealed that the accused, Rakhi, who may be mastermind of the racket, runs a private institute in Haryana and was operating from New Vijay Nagar, Jind district. Rakhi and the other accused were presented in court on Monday and were remanded in judicial custody. Now, Sector 39 police plan to obtain police remand of Rakhi for interrogation.
Sources said that Rakhi allegedly came with an electronic device hidden in her clothes.
Her intention was not to take the exam but to scan the JNV recruitment exam question paper using the device and pass it on to her accomplices, who were hiding near the school.
When the question paper reached the accomplices waiting outside, they started providing answers to their aides inside the examination centre via Bluetooth devices. However, when the youths inside the centre were seen answering questions using the device, the teacher and school principal caught them and informed the police.
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At that moment, the electronic device got disconnected. The accused waiting outside the school grew suspicious and fled.
Police are collecting dump data from the area around the school to track them. It will also help determine who was in contact with them from inside the school via Bluetooth. Police teams have been raiding parts of Haryana to nab others involved in the paper leak.
On May 18, 17 individuals were arrested for cheating and impersonation during the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti exam in Chandigarh.
At Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School in Sector 27, two impersonators were caught attempting to take the exam on behalf of others. Ajay Kumar (23), from Bhiwani and Monika Devi (27), from Jind were nabbed after biometric checks failed. Investigation revealed that they were appearing in place of candidates from Hisar and Narwana. One of the accused was also found to be in possession of an electronic device.
Another arrest took place at Mount Carmel School in Sector 47, where Vishal Malik (28) from Hisar was found using a hidden electronic device during the test.
Ajay Kumar from Rohtak and Sonu Kumar from Hisar were caught using unauthorised electronic equipment at St Anne's Convent School, Sector 32. The most significant bust occurred at Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School in Sector 40C, where police apprehended 12 individuals, including three women, for allegedly using electronic devices to cheat.
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