FEMALE GOVT TEACHER AMONG 45 HELD

Jaipur/Jodhpur: As many as 45 people, including a dummy female government teacher and candidates, were arrested in connection with an alleged attempt to leak teachers’ recruitment examination paper and cheating case on Saturday.

A raid was carried out at a marriage hall here early Saturday to foil an alleged attempt to leak teachers’ recruitment examination paper, police said.

DCP (East) Amrita Duhan, however, said that the questionnaire found from those arrested did not match the actual question paper and further investigation was on. She said police had raided Udaygarh Marriage Palace in the Mandore area just hours before the exam was due to be held following a tipoff that the question paper was being leaked to some students who were staying there.

All these students had to appear in the first shift of the examination.
“We found 30 students, including 10 females, and seven other persons who were behind the attempt to leak the paper,” said Duhan.

The police seized a laptop and a printer along with some papers which had answers.
The leader of the gang, identified as Suresh Jat from Osian tehsil, claimed that he had purchased the paper for Rs 40 lakh from one Praveen Bishnoi of Jalore and had paid Rs 10 lakh in advance.

Bishnoi is absconding, Duhan said, adding that those arrested also include the owner and manager of the marriage hall along with one Mukesh Joshi, a computer operator, and three others who had been tasked to solve the paper.

They have been booked under sections 420 (cheating) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy)of IPC and 10 (2) of Rajasthan Public Examination Act.

A female government teacher was held in Jaipur on Saturday while appearing on behalf of the actual aspirant during the thirdgrade teacher recruitment examination.

“Sangita Vishnoi is posted in Sanchore and is a resident of Raniwara. She allegedly took Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakhs to appear in place of Manju Bishnoi, who is a resident of Chitalwana of Balera. However, she was caught by invigilators during the examination,” police said.