Using technology to help others cheat in an exam conducted by Steel Authority of India Limited for selecting trainee mechanical engineers has landed 11 persons behind bars.
A joint team of the special task force (STF) and Patna police arrested them on Sunday for helping examinees cheat through internet-enabled wristwatches. One of the arrested students is from IIT, Guwahati, and three are from NIT, Patna.
"The police arrested 11 persons, including two teachers and nine students working as agents to help students clear the selection examination," IG (Operations) Amit Kumar said. "The students who sent the answers from outside the examination centre are called 'scholars'. The scholars who were arrested were mostly undergraduate students of NIT, Patna and IIT, Guwahati. They were arrested from the Scholar Abode at Ashiana-Digha Road in Patna." Kumar said two teachers deployed as invigilators handed over the question papers to the agents outside the exam centre.
Among the nine students arrested, Manish Kumar is from IIT, Guwahati; Abhishek Bharti, Amit Kumar and Praveen Kumar from NIT, Patna; and Amit Ranjan from R P S College, Patna. The other students - Santosh Kumar, Anand Bharti, Manish Kumar and Vicky Kumar - are preparing for competitive exams.
Kumar Rajesh Ranjan, a teacher of Scholar Abode School where the examination was held, was also arrested. According to police, Sanjiv Kumar, who works as a technical assistant with Bihar Agriculture University, was allegedly running the racket. He finalized the deals with each candidate for Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. The amount was to be paid after the candidate's selection, but the advance had already been paid.
"Copying in examination is not new in Bihar, but the most important element is the involvement of students from premium institutes and the usage of wristwatch mobile phones," the IG said. "Students are not allowed to take mobile phones into the examination hall, but wristwatches are not banned. The gadget is not banned in the market. They brought the watches most probably from New Delhi. We seized 14 such wristwatches but the group helped 29 candidates, so those watches will also be seized. We will make the candidates accused in our FIR."
The price of one such watch varies between Rs 8,000 and Rs 10,000. Police seized four sets of question papers, 16 mobile phones, nine ATM cards along with laptops, internet data cards, PAN cards and engineering books.
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The gadget looks like the latest model from any premium watch company. The square dial, a little larger and broader than that of a regular wristwatch, has three buttons and a camera positioned in the front. A regular GSM SIM card, used to access the internet through the watch, is inserted at the back of the gadget where the battery is placed (just like in a typical wristwatch). 'Made in Japan' is inscribed at the back of the watch. The wristwatch is rechargeable and has a touch-screen keypad. The examinee takes a photo of the question and sends it to the 'scholar', who replies immediately. They do not need to type anything - the answers pop on the screen and the examinee copies them down.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/IITian-2-NIT-students-held-for-exam-fraud/articleshow/21075555.cms
A joint team of the special task force (STF) and Patna police arrested them on Sunday for helping examinees cheat through internet-enabled wristwatches. One of the arrested students is from IIT, Guwahati, and three are from NIT, Patna.
"The police arrested 11 persons, including two teachers and nine students working as agents to help students clear the selection examination," IG (Operations) Amit Kumar said. "The students who sent the answers from outside the examination centre are called 'scholars'. The scholars who were arrested were mostly undergraduate students of NIT, Patna and IIT, Guwahati. They were arrested from the Scholar Abode at Ashiana-Digha Road in Patna." Kumar said two teachers deployed as invigilators handed over the question papers to the agents outside the exam centre.
Among the nine students arrested, Manish Kumar is from IIT, Guwahati; Abhishek Bharti, Amit Kumar and Praveen Kumar from NIT, Patna; and Amit Ranjan from R P S College, Patna. The other students - Santosh Kumar, Anand Bharti, Manish Kumar and Vicky Kumar - are preparing for competitive exams.
Kumar Rajesh Ranjan, a teacher of Scholar Abode School where the examination was held, was also arrested. According to police, Sanjiv Kumar, who works as a technical assistant with Bihar Agriculture University, was allegedly running the racket. He finalized the deals with each candidate for Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. The amount was to be paid after the candidate's selection, but the advance had already been paid.
"Copying in examination is not new in Bihar, but the most important element is the involvement of students from premium institutes and the usage of wristwatch mobile phones," the IG said. "Students are not allowed to take mobile phones into the examination hall, but wristwatches are not banned. The gadget is not banned in the market. They brought the watches most probably from New Delhi. We seized 14 such wristwatches but the group helped 29 candidates, so those watches will also be seized. We will make the candidates accused in our FIR."
The price of one such watch varies between Rs 8,000 and Rs 10,000. Police seized four sets of question papers, 16 mobile phones, nine ATM cards along with laptops, internet data cards, PAN cards and engineering books.
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The gadget looks like the latest model from any premium watch company. The square dial, a little larger and broader than that of a regular wristwatch, has three buttons and a camera positioned in the front. A regular GSM SIM card, used to access the internet through the watch, is inserted at the back of the gadget where the battery is placed (just like in a typical wristwatch). 'Made in Japan' is inscribed at the back of the watch. The wristwatch is rechargeable and has a touch-screen keypad. The examinee takes a photo of the question and sends it to the 'scholar', who replies immediately. They do not need to type anything - the answers pop on the screen and the examinee copies them down.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/IITian-2-NIT-students-held-for-exam-fraud/articleshow/21075555.cms
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