Nagpur, 23 Feb
(HS): Nagpur’s Sadar Police arrested two people in connection with Standard XII
paper leakage recently. The paper leakage was exposed at an examination centre
when two girl students frequenting to washrooms and spending 10 to 15 minutes
there.
The supervisor at
the examination centre found a concealed mobile phone from the examinee. The
examination was being conducted by the State Board in Chemistry. On carefully
examining the mobile phone a question paper in physics and answers were also
detected.
Following
enquiry with two students, Sadar police arrested two teachers were were engaged
in home tuitions. They have been named as Nishikant Sukhdev Mool (4) and Farhan
Akhtar Fahim (18). Both were produced before the court and were gratnded police
custody till February 26.
According to
police, Mool was a private tutor for small batches of Std X and XII students.
During investigation police found that he had created a WhatsApp group of
students through which the question papers and answers were circulated. The
phone numbers of group members were also stored in Mool’s name.
Farhan is
belived to be one of the students and was part of the WhatsApp group. He shared
the question papers and answers.
Police are
investigating Farhan’s action and involvement of others in the leakage of
papers.
Immediately
after the exposure of copying the staff at the examination centre was changed,
by the Nagpur Divisional Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.
Meanwhile,
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that examination centres
where mass copying during Class X and XII examinations are reported, will be
permanently revoked.
The question
papers are usually delivered one hour before the commencement of the
examination and the Centre incharge are allowed to open the sealed packets 30
minutes before the start of the examination.
Police are
investigation whether the question papers and answers were circulated in other
regions.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar
