The Class 12 Hindi (Elective) paper as well as a Class XII Political Science paper circulated recently on social media are fake, the Central Board of Secondary Education said on Saturday, and urged people not to spread rumours about these papers. The CBSE is scheduled to hold the Class 12th Hindi (Elective) examination on April 2.
"A fake question paper of Class XII — Hindi (Elective) is being circulated on social media i.e. WhatsApp, YouTube etc," the CBSE said in a release. In a separate release on its website, CBSE clarified that the Class XII Political Science paper going around the internet was the one used the previous year.
It added that the question papers circulating on these social media platforms were either from the previous year, or fake. "Hence, it is requested not to circulate the news about these fake papers, so that the students and other stakeholders are not misled," the release said.
In other developments, six more people, including two directors of a private coaching centre here, were apprehended on Saturday in connection with the CBSE question paper leak, police said.
Since Friday, 12 people — including Class 10 and 11 students — have been apprehended in the CBSE leak case from Jharkhand's Chatra district, they said.
The examination board came under criticism after its Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics papers were leaked earlier this week. The police had on Friday detained six Class 10 students in the case.
The police said that among those apprehended on Saturday, four students come from different schools in the district, and two are directors of a private coaching centre.
Meanwhile in Delhi, Google replied to the Crime Branch request and supplied the details of the person who had sent images of the Maths question paper to CBSE chairman Anita Karwal on her official mail ID, nine hours before the exam. Three different teams of the Crime Branch were sent to schools, exam centres and residences of some students in Outer Delhi. The police have so far seized around 50 mobile phones to check the WhatsApp trail.
"We have received the relevant details from Google regarding the e-mail ID," said RP Upadhyay, Special CP, Crime. "We are gathering details about how the paper reached the Class X student on WhatsApp. We have so far questioned 53 students and seven teachers in connection with the case."
The Class 10 student, whose father works as an executive chef, had taken his father's phone and sent out the 12 images to the CBSE chairperson. The mail was received at 1:39:25 am on March 28, the day of the Maths exam. The student who sent the mail had also received the question paper on his phone via WhatsApp.
Upadhyay stated that six WhatsApp groups had figured in the trail of transmission of papers. The investigating officials have also asked the CBSE to provide details of few of its employees.
Plea in SC against re-exams
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court against the decision of the CBSE to cancel and re-conduct the Class 12 Economics exam and Class 10 Mathematics paper, following the alleged question paper leak.
The petition, filed by Shakarpur-resident Reepak Kansal, said that there was no justification whatsoever on the part of the CBSE in deciding to re-conduct the exams without holding any inquiry and finding out those responsible for such serious and intentional lapse which has resulted in extraneous financial consideration.
It also sought a direction to the Board to declare the results based on the exam which was already conducted.
Meanwhile, CBI officers spent two hours at CBSE headquarters on Saturday."Our investigation is continuing. We came here to interact with with CBSE officials. They helped us with vital information," said Alok Kumar, SIT Head.
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