Indian charged with leaking exam papers in UAE

An Indian technician has been charged with leaking examination papers to a university student in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a media report said Thursday.

During proceedings at the Dubai Criminal Court Thursday, the accused Indian, identified only as R.K., 29, denied taking cash for divulging the questions to the Oman national, identified as A.A., 32, while the latter denied a charge of criminal complicity, The National reported.

The court charged R.K., who worked as an information technology technician in the university, that was not named in the report, with leaking the questions of 15 tests in different subjects to A.A. in return for 7,500 dirhams ($2,042).

The Indian man was approached by A.A., who is a media and journalism student, in June.

A.A. offered him 500 dirhams for every question paper he leaked.

Prosecutors alleged that the Indian expatriate took photos of the exam papers and sent these to the student via messaging service WhatsApp, after which the student passed him the money.

The IT worker was arrested a few days after taking the money.

The university's dean testified that R.K. was also responsible for surveillance cameras.

"He supervises the cameras, the university's email and also the printing of the exams (question papers) with the faculty members," he said.

Prosecutors also found over 100 images of the exam papers on WhatsApp sent from R.K. to A.A.

The case will be next heard Oct 30.