Raipur, February 15 Six individuals, including several candidates, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly attempting to cheat in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, police said.
Eight mobile phones, four Bluetooth-enabled devices, three Bluetooth earpieces, and other electronic gadgets were recovered from them, an official said.
Some of the arrested individuals were taking the exam. They transmitted the questions by reading them aloud, while their accomplices looked up the answers and relayed them back, he said.
GATE is a prestigious national-level examination. It assesses candidates for a comprehensive understanding of different undergraduate-level subjects such as Engineering, Technology, Science, Commerce, Arts, Architecture, and Humanities.
"Acting on a tip-off, the police maintained discreet surveillance around the examination center under the DD Nagar police station limits. They spotted a few individuals in suspicious circumstances carrying electronic devices," the official said.
Devices used for facilitating cheating were recovered from them. During interrogation, the individuals disclosed the names of their associates who were taking the GATE exam at the center, he said.
Police subsequently recovered concealed Bluetooth devices used to send questions and receive answers from outside, he said.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Darshan Sehwag, Sumit Sehwag, Laxminarayan (alias Lucky), Amar, Narendra Kumar, and Bunty Kumar, all residents of Haryana.
A case has been registered against the six under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, the official said, adding that an investigation is underway.