UP STF arrests 10 people for using unfair means in UPSSSC Exam

As per a statement issued by the STF, the accused were found using unfair means, including Bluetooth devices, during the exam.

The Uttar Pradesh STF (Special Task Force) has arrested 10 people for using unfair means in the Preliminary Eligibility Test organised by the UP Subordinate Services Selection Commission.

The UP STF recovered four in-ear Bluetooth devices, eight mobile phones and other items from the accused.

STF has taken into custody people from Pratapgarh and Prayagraj and several other places Dileep was arrested from Pratapgarh, Sujit Kumar from Unnao, Pankaj Kumar from Banda, Jitendra Kumar Verma from Varanasi, Anurag Kumar from Kanpur, Ravindra Singh from Noida and Udayveer Singh from Mathura, the STF said. One Vinay Kumar Patel, who was the exam hall in-charge at a centre in Varanasi, was also arrested, it added.

As per a statement issued by the STF, the accused were found using unfair means, including Bluetooth devices, during the exam.

The UP STF arrested these people as they we found using either a hidden in-ear Bluetooth device for writing the exam or appearing as "solvers". The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) conducted the exam at 1,058 centres across 35 districts of the state.

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