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Arunachal: Massive cheating racket busted during NVS recruitment exams in Itanagar; 53 arrested

Itanagar, May 20 (UNI) In a major crackdown on a sophisticated interstate examination cheating racket, the Capital Police in Itanagar arrested 53 candidates involved in malpractice during the CBSE-conducted recruitment exam held on May 18 for the posts of Lab Assistant and Junior Secretariat Assistant, under the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Itanagar SP Rohit Rajbir Singh said on Tuesday.
Acting on credible inputs from school authorities, the Niti Vihar and Chimpu Police Stations teams conducted swift operations across multiple exam centres. At Kingcup Public School, 23 candidates were caught with GSM-enabled devices and micro earpieces during pre-exam frisking.
Another individual, a Haryana resident, was detained at VKV Itanagar with similar concealed equipment. Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of 53 suspects and the recovery of 29 electronic gadgets allegedly used for cheating, the SP told newsmen at a press conference here.
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