Lagatar24 Desk
Lucknow, Dec 1: Five members of a gang have been arrested for leaking paper with the paper leak case of the Uttar Pradesh’s Teachers’ Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2021.
The accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Information Technology (IT) Act and UP Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, police informed.
“Five members of a gang that leaked question papers of the UP-TET exam and enabled cheating arrested. Case registered at Lalganj PS under IPC, IT Act and UP Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act,” said Basti Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Deependra Nath Chaudhary.
“The investigation is on, and the accused have been sent to jail,” he added.
Meanwhile, the UP government has also suspended the secretary of the state’s Exam Regulatory Authority (ERA), Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay, with immediate effect in connection with the case.
Notably, the UPTET 2021 was scheduled to be held on November 28 but was cancelled after a question paper for the exam was leaked.
Earlier, the UP government had said that 29 arrests were made in this connection, of which, 16 were from Prayagraj and four from Lucknow. The next exam is now set to be held next month by the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB) and students will neither have to fill a form nor pay fees again.
