An assistant professor of Annamalai University at Chidambaram is among six persons arrested in connection with theft of answer sheets in the varsity.
C Bhaskaran, an Assistant Professor of History and five others, all office attendants, were arrested on Thursday on a complaint from the university after it was noticed in February that answer papers were missing from the varsity's strong room.
The gang allegedly retrieved the papers from the strong room using duplicate keys and handed them over to students to rewrite correct answers in return for money, police said.
A probe is on to ascertain if more persons were involved in this matter, police said.
