13 arrested in exam paper leak racket

Thirteen persons including a principal of a school in Jhalamand area here, were arrested while leaking answers to candidates for the II Grade teachers test here.
Police arrested the 13 persons while they were providing answers to candidates appearing for the II Grade Teachers test at Pratibha Senior Secondary School, a senior police officer said today, adding that cash worth Rs 16 lakh, 47 mobile handsets, 2 laptops, data cards, printers and 7 vehicles were seized.
Based on a tip off, police conducted a probe and caught some persons, who were providing answers to the candidates using cell phone, Police Commissioner Sachin Mittal said.

On interrogation, the principal of the school, an owner of Adarsh Coaching Institute and 11 others were arrested, Mittal said, adding that all of them were arrested as the examination was under progress.
The gang behind the cheating had charged Rs 3 lakh per paper, of which Rs 1.5 lakh was taken in advance. On the other side, they approached the principal and lured him into providing the images of the question paper through WhatsApp application in return for Rs 4 lakh per paper, the officer said.
"The moment they received the image of the paper, they connected to those candidates, who they had already sent into the examination hall with a small Bluetooth device, giving them answers with respect to their paper series," Mittal said.

"We are investigating how many candidates accepted their offer and had paid money to them, and where they were located," the Police Commissioner said.