New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested four persons, including an assistant professor, from an engineering college in Sonipat in connection with alleged rigging of the prestigious JEE Main exam.
What are the reasons for the arrest in this case?
According to news agency PTI, the probe agency made several arrests including assistant professor Sandeep Gupta, lab technicians Arvind Saini and Kuldeep Garg and peon Tulsi Ram working in a private engineering college in Sonepat.
Known as the move to IITs and NITs, JEE Main exam came under scrutiny after CBI booked Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and its directors to solve papers for candidates through remote access in exchange for huge payment I had come
The directors have been accused of conspiracy in liaison with other associates and to “manipulate students desirous of manipulating JEE (Main) online examination in top NITs in exchange for large sums of money to solve the applicant’s question paper via remote It has been alleged of facilitating seeking admission from a chosen examination center in Sonipat (Haryana), CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said.
How fraudsters hacked JEE Main exam?
According to the FIR, the accused allegedly approached candidates who had assured admission through JEE at a fee of Rs 10 to 15 lakh. The CBI FIR states that they then, in connivance with the central authorities, arranged for a person sitting at a remote location to solve the questions displayed on the computer terminal allotted to the candidate at the examination centre.
It is learned that the center supervisor, who has access to the computer network, is also a part of the fraud act and the solver manages the access to the system being used by the candidate through remote access software.
In this act, candidates pretend to solve questions on a computer by placing their hands on the mouse and doing calculations on a sheet to ensure that nothing adverse is recorded in the camera installed at the center, while the question is actually surrogate. are being attended by the given solver. Alleged FIR, by the above persons.
In fact, several other exam centers and a suspected mastermind of the alleged exam racket based in Bengaluru have also come into the limelight and the CBI is probing the case, according to officials.
It is also alleged that the accused had obtained 10th and 12th marksheets, user IDs, passwords and post dated checks of aspiring students in different parts of the country as security and once they took admission, they used to deposit huge amount. . 12-15 lakhs (approx) per candidate.
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