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CBI detains Russian nationwide in JEE-Mains examination manipulation case

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By PTI

NEW DELHI: The CBI has detained a Russian nationwide at Indira Gandhi International Airport in reference to its probe into alleged manipulation of JEE (Mains) examination final yr, officers stated Monday.

The central company had issued a ‘Look Out Circular’ in opposition to the overseas nationwide, suspected to be major hacker, for alleged manipulation of the distinguished examination, they stated.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was alerted by the central businesses when the Russian nationwide arrived on the airport from overseas, they stated.

He was instantly detained by the CBI and is being questioned in reference to the JEE manipulation case probed by the company, they stated. Sources stated the suspect is perhaps taken into custody.

In September final yr, the company had booked Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and its three administrators, Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar Mani Tripathi and Govind Varshney, in addition to different touts and associates for alleged manipulation of examination.

It was alleged that the three administrators, in conspiracy with different associates and touts, had been manipulating the net examination of JEE (Mains) and facilitating aspiring college students to get admission into prime National Institutes of Technology in consideration of giant quantities by fixing the candidates’ query papers via distant entry from a selected examination centre in Sonepat (Haryana).

NEW DELHI: The CBI has detained a Russian nationwide at Indira Gandhi International Airport in reference to its probe into alleged manipulation of JEE (Mains) examination final yr, officers stated Monday.

The central company had issued a ‘Look Out Circular’ in opposition to the overseas nationwide, suspected to be major hacker, for alleged manipulation of the distinguished examination, they stated.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was alerted by the central businesses when the Russian nationwide arrived on the airport from overseas, they stated.

He was instantly detained by the CBI and is being questioned in reference to the JEE manipulation case probed by the company, they stated. Sources stated the suspect is perhaps taken into custody.

In September final yr, the company had booked Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and its three administrators, Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar Mani Tripathi and Govind Varshney, in addition to different touts and associates for alleged manipulation of examination.

It was alleged that the three administrators, in conspiracy with different associates and touts, had been manipulating the net examination of JEE (Mains) and facilitating aspiring college students to get admission into prime National Institutes of Technology in consideration of giant quantities by fixing the candidates’ query papers via distant entry from a selected examination centre in Sonepat (Haryana).