Atleast six persons were arrested after a group of proxy students took private Class X and XII exams for others at a centre in Kalyan here, police said today.
The incident took place yesterday when the accused (students and their proxies) sneaked into the exam centre with fabricated hall tickets and resorted to copying in the exams with the help of text books, PSI M B Kathure of Kolsewadi police station under Kalyan division told PTI.
The accused were held from the centre at the Saket College in Kalyan while they appeared for the private exams conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling of New Delhi, police said.
So far, over a dozen persons have been booked in connection with the fraud but only six of them have been arrested, they said.
However, the identity of the arrested accused, who are in age group of 16-19 years, was not revealed.
Police said they were on the look out for supervisor Anil Dubey who did not not follow proper checking procedures while allowing students into the exam hall.
Offences under sections 420, 419 of the IPC and also under 7 and 10 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices at University, Board, and other specified examinations act 1982, have been registered against the accused.
Based on a complaint by the Principal of the College, police registered the offence last night.
