nios scam
- PC : globalreporting.org
A Sehore court has acquitted eight accused in a four-year-old case that involved unfair means in an exam.
While the order came in April this year, students were caught from a Sehore private school when they were writing answers in Science and Technology paper of Class X on October 29, 2013.
The paper was allegedly stolen from the Bhopal regional centre.
The local police conducted an inquiry and arrested a security guard named Akhilesh Agarwal.
However, Civil Judge Kavita Iwnati noted that the prosecution could not prove its case after all its witnesses turned hostile during the trial.
Highlights
On November 2, 2013, then regional director A K Sharma sent a preliminary report to the director (evaluation), NIOS.
A security guard named Akhilesh Agarwal was arrested.
The court acquitted eight accused in a case that involved unfair means in an exam.
