Overview
- Two impersonators, including a minor, an actual candidate and a Common Service Centre operator were stopped during the English paper at Government Senior Secondary School, Salaheri.
- An FIR at Sadar Nuh police station cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for cheating by personation, forgery, use of forged documents and criminal conspiracy.
- The CSC operator, identified as Mohammad Junaid, was arrested after interrogation linked him to manufacturing the forged admit cards.
- Police identified Mohammad Shahbaz and Mohammad Sameer among those detained, while the minor is from Uttawad in Pawal; Shahbaz was caught writing for a candidate named Sameer.
- A surprise check uncovered discrepancies in admit cards and roll numbers, with minor scan-code errors and a fake principal’s signature tipping off invigilators, and investigators are probing whether more candidates obtained forged cards.