11 arrested for posing as examinees

LUCKNOW: Eleven, including four girls, were caught during the semester examinations of

APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University

(AKTU) from a

college in Agra

on Monday. The accused - seven boys and four girls - were nabbed at Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, an affiliated college of AKTU, for

writing exams

in place of

bona fide students

of the institution.

AKTU officials said they would lodge an FIR against the impersonators. According to college director Akhand Pratap Singh, the students confessed they were promised Rs 10,000 as scholarship by an outsider.

They were told they would not have to attend classes and appear for the examinations in order to get the scholarship. They were also told they would not have to attend classes and only appear for the examinations in order to get the scholarship. "The enrolment is fake. All of the accused were absent in their previous examinations, held from December 5 to 10, when the university held enrolment verification drive," said AKTU controller of examination JP Pandey.