New Delhi, December 11: In a case regarding a paper leak via Whatsapp for the Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) BCA examination, the Delhi Police have registered an FIR in the matter. The news comes days after the paper leak of the BCS-031 question paper, which was reportedly circulated on mobile phones via WhatsApp.
Students being quizzed
The police have questioned 20 students in this regard. An FIR was lodged on Saturday at the Dabri Police Station of Dwarka district in the national capital on charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy over the leakage of C++ question paper. The case was registered on the complaint of IGNOU Registrar SG Swami.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Anto Alphonse told IANS: “We are investigating the case of IGNOU question paper leak and trying to locate the starting point from where it originated on WhatsApp.”
How did the paper leak take place?
According to the FIR, the question paper leak was discovered after the Registrar of IGNOU received a message on his WhatsApp on December 5.
Registrar SG Swami confirmed that the question paper was leaked from the Dwarka examination centre and alerted observers of various examination centres in Delhi.
“Since the matter was highly sensitive, we informed the Chairman about the leak. During inquiry, we found the same question paper on mobile phones of several candidates,” said Vijay Pal, observer of Dwarka centre.
The investigation revealed that the question paper was first forwarded from one group of students who were taking coaching from a centre in Dwarka.
According to the officer, it is yet to be known whether the phone number mentioned by IGNOU in the FIR was the point of origin the question paper.
Exam rescheduled
Meanwhile, IGNOU has rescheduled the examination to 23 December, 2018 morning session. Students have received SMSs like this:
“IGNOU dear student, this is to inform you that the examination of the course BCS031 has been CANCELLED. It will now be held on 23/12/2018 (Morning Session) 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. For any query please visit/contact your Regional Centre. Inconvenience regretted. IGNOU
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