Final Year Exam Paper Leaked- Six, Including College Principal, Arrested
Final Year B.Com exam paper leaked; 6, including college principal, arrested: Six persons, including a college principal, were arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking the question paper of the Final Year B.Com examination of Saurashtra University in Gujarat”s Rajkot city, police said on Friday, reported by PTI.
Saurashtra University Officials Were Informed that the Paper was Circulated on Whatsapp:
Saurashtra University officials were informed that the paper was circulated in a Whatsapp group at 9.11am while the exam started at 10am. There were 18,000 students taking this exam in various colleges affiated to Saurashtra University.
“We have arrested six persons, including the principal of Sardar Patel Law College in Amreli, its two staff members and three students. The paper was first leaked on Whatsapp at 9:11 am, nearly an hour before the exam started on December 22,” a University police station official said.
Re-Examination Of Leaked Paper:
Vice Chancellor of Saurashtra University, Nitin Pethani said that re-examination of the leaked paper will take place on January 3, as reported by PTI
Police Statement Regarding The Paper Leaking:
An FIR was lodged on Wednesday midnight after rounding up of suspects by the police. This paper was available in “Lovely Yaaro’ group 50 minutes prior to the examination time. Police first detained Vivek Vadi, the group administrator and a resident of Kalavad village of Jamnagar. Vadi told the police that a student named Elish Chovatiya, a resident of Kotda Pitha village of Babra, had uploaded this paper to the group.
Chovatiya told police that Divyesh Dhaduk, a resident of Jasdan, had forwarded this paper to him. Dhaduk’s questioning led police to Paras Rajgor who had forwarded this paper received from Rahul Panchasara, a clerk in Sardar Patel Law College in Babra.sident of Kotda Pitha village of Babra, had uploaded this paper to the group.
Mastermind Of The Paper Leak:
According to police, the mastermind of this paper leak is Dilawar Qureshi, principal of this private college of Babra who had the custody of the paper, and who was responsible to open the seal 20 minutes before the exam as per the prescribed procedure of varsity, in front of cameras. Police arrested Qureshi, Panchasara, Bhikhu Sejaliya, peon of this college and three students – Paras Rajgor, Divyesh Dhaduk and Elish Chovatiya.
Paper Leak Incident Comes Close To….
This incident comes close on the heels of the question paper of government head clerk recruitment exam of December 12 getting leaked, which has led to several arrests. Around 88,000 candidates had taken the exam, which has now been cancelled.
(With Inputs From Agencies)
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