Mastermind of AIIMS nursing officer recruitment paper leak arrested by CBI

Four other suspects were arrested by the agency after registering an FIR against Mohali-based Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology and a person named Ritu in connection with the leak of the NORCET-4 examination paper, they said.

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On Thursday, Navneet, understood to be the mastermind of the case, was arrested, they said.

After registering the FIR on June 9, the agency conducted searches at five places in Haryana, Chandigarh, Mohali and Delhi, at the premises of the accused and also at an examination centre in Mohali.

"During searches and investigation, NVR (Network Video Recorder) containing CCTV footage, server laptops, CPUs of identified candidates, various mobile phones and dubious TFTs were recovered," a CBI spokesperson had said, reports PTI.

It was further alleged that the modus-operandi used by the accused was to replace the TFT (computer monitor) assigned to the candidate with a doctored monitor brought into the lab from outside by accomplice. After examination, the doctored monitors were allegedly removed from the centre. Through the doctored monitor, the computer display of the candidates was duplicated giving remote access to the accused.

The examination held on June 3 was for recruiting 3,055 nursing officers for all AIIMS institutes in India and some other government hospitals in Delhi.

On the day of the exam, social media was abuzz with screenshots of the question papers leading to speculations of paper leak, they said.

During the investigation, four accused including the candidate were earlier arrested. After police custody, they were sent to Judicial custody by the Designated court.

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