Overview
- Paramjeet Singh was formally arrested Saturday after police said he admitted the viral calls were genuine and that he had been in contact with the student for about a year.
- The case began after multiple audio clips spread online in mid‑May in which a man is heard making obscene advances and offering leaked exam papers to a final‑year BSc student.
- An FIR was filed May 15 at Hasanganj police station on a complaint by the university’s controller of examinations under Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 11 and 13(5) of the UP Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
- Lucknow University’s Internal Complaints Committee completed a preliminary inquiry, and officials said its report will go to the executive council on Monday for possible disciplinary action.
- Student groups held angry demonstrations on campus, while police continue forensic checks on the recordings and probe whether any question papers were actually compromised.