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In two separate raids here, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force has caught 16 persons solving the Class 10 English question paper of the UP Board Examination, an official said on Saturday. The paper was scheduled for the morning shift (8.30 am to 11.45 am) of the Board examination on Friday. In the first instance, 14 people were found solving the question paper at the residence of a school principal, the official said. He said a Special Task Force team, along with District Inspector of Schools Balmukund Prasad, raided the Jagannath Singh Public Inter College at Katiyamau village in Hardoi district. Acting on a tip-off, they also raided the principal's residence located 3-4 kilometres away and found five men and nine women writing the answers. One of them introduced himself as a teacher of the school. The Special Task Force has recovered 20 answer sheets from them. In the second event, two women were found solving the paper outside the Jai Subhash Mahabali Inter College in Dalel