UP: 'Solvers' gang busted in Kaushambi, 2 held

PRAYAGRAJ: Two members of an inter-district

solvers

’ gang were arrested while they were on their way to exchange

answer

sheets in a strongroom of a UP board examination centre near Manjhanpur Road in

Kaushambi

on Monday.


Surendra was the centre manager and working principal of

Shyam Kishore Intermediate College

in Badrikedar area of the district.

Police also seized 13 answer sheets which had answers written on them for various UP board question papers. Of these, nine answer sheets were of biology and four of mathematics. The accused were also caught with two documents containing roll numbers of students.

A case under sections 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the

Indian Penal Code

and Prevention of Unfair Means Act was registered with Mohhabatpur Painsa police.

The accused were identified as Surendra Surendra and Satya Narayan Surendra, residents of Sultan Purwari and Simrahata (Fatehpur) respectively.

Station officer (Mohhabatpur Painsa) Yogesh Tiwari said, “We received a tip-off that two solvers were planning to exchange answer sheets at the strongroom of an examination centre. A joint team of crime branch and Mohhabatpur Painsa police cordoned off Manjhanpur Road and then arrested the two.”

Police said that class XII students of other schools were also appearing for UP board exams at Shyam Kishore Intermediate College.

The accused sought Rs 15,000 for each student in exchange for solved question papers.

Police said that Surendra had also roped in some school members including a clerk to get the answer sheets.

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