Man arrested in Odisha for cheating in defence exam

Berhampur: In a shocking incident, a man from Haryana has been arrested for cheating in the defence exams in Gopalpur of Odisha, said reports.

Reports say that, a 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly using a Bluetooth device in an army recruitment examination in Odisha’s Gopalpur, police said.

The accused has been identified as Vijay, a resident of Jind district of Haryana. Berhampur Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M said a Bluetooth device and SIM cards were seized from his possession.

The exam was being held at Army Air Defence Centre at Gopalpur military station on Sunday. Reports say, he was caught by the invigilator and handed over to the police.

Earlier in the year 2020 the Delhi High Court, while dismissing a petition filed by Delhi University student allegedly caught cheating during the examination, observed that “copying and cheating” in examinations is like a “pandemic which can ruin society and the educational system of any country”.

“Copying and cheating in examinations is like the plague. It is a pandemic which can ruin society and the educational system of any country. If the same is left unchecked or if leniency is shown, the same can have a deleterious effect.

For any country’s progress, the integrity of the educational system has to be infallible,” observed a single judge bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh.

The observation came in while the court was hearing a petition filed by Aarzoo Aggarwal, a final year student of B.A. (H) Economics at DU’s Daulat Ram College challenging the University’s order cancelling her examinations for the entire semester.