Civil Engineering students found re-writing exam at Aurangabad Corporator's house
The Aurangabad city police raided the residence of Shiv Sena corporator and found 27 students rewriting the exams and arrested four other persons for providing the question and answer sheets to the second year students.
On Wednesday, Aurangabad city police busted a copying racket in the house of a Shiv Sena Corporator. The Harsul police arrested 27 students including girls while writing the exam and have also arrested four other persons for providing the answer and question sheets. The students are second year students from the Sai Institute of Engineering and Technology.
According to police, the Shiv Sena Corporator Sitaram Sure had provided his residence in Surewadi of Harsul area in Aurangabad, where students were found re-writing the Building construction and design exam which was held on Tuesday. The police have seized cellphones, answer sheets, question papers, copying materials from the venue.
"The college Prinicpal and institutes who provided students have been arrested and they took Rs 5000 to Rs 10000 for providing the answer sheets", said a Harsul police officer.
Yashasvi Yadav, Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad police, said, " After specific information we raided the residence and found the students copying and so we have registered a case at Harsul police station under sections 420(cheating),107(Abetment of a thing.),109(Punishment of abetment ),114(Abettor present when offence is committed),120(b)(criminal conspiracy) and 34(common intent) of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant sections of the The Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices at University, Board and Other Specified Examinations Act, 1982."
"We suspect role of officials from the university involved in the racket. Moreover we are investigating if they are involved in cheating of such exams", said Yadav.