Overview
- Halasuru police arrested 18 candidates on Tuesday over alleged tech-enabled malpractice during the February 8 Group C LDC written exam at the 515 Army Base Workshop in Bengaluru.
- Investigators say the question paper was photographed and sent to accomplices outside, who dictated answers via Bluetooth-linked devices.
- Searches recovered three mobile phones and about a dozen electronic communication gadgets, including items hidden on candidates and in two bags outside the hall.
- All 18 accused are reportedly from Haryana and have been remanded to judicial custody following questioning.
- A case was registered on a complaint by Colonel S. S. Jyothirlingam, and police are probing whether an organised network facilitated the cheating and who else may have been involved.