The East Zone Task Force team on Tuesday apprehended four contract employees of JNTU, Kukatpally, and four engineering students for cheating. The students used to collect answer booklets from the employees and returned them after rewriting the answer sheet at home.

The police seized Rs 3.45 lakh, 17 answer booklets, eight cell phones and one two-wheeler from their possession. The students involved were identified as Shaik Manju Malik, Sai Bharath, Sarat Chandra, and Nagarjuna Reddy. The contract employees were responsible for binding the B.Tech III year answer booklets, which reach the office of the Additional Controller of Examination from various engineering colleges affiliated to JNTU.

Published Date : Wednesday, 27/4/2011 11:09 AM IST