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CAT paper leaked, exam cancelled
New Delhi, November 23 CBI sources said four candidates who had purchased the question papers, were also questioned. In the wake of these developments, the examination has been cancelled and fresh dates will be announced in a couple of days. The CBI said searches were going on in five places in Patna in this regard. The racket, which could run into crores of rupees and could open up a can of worms spreading across other competitive examination including pre-medical and bank examinations was unearthed today even as lakhs of students all across the country were appearing for the examination to secure a place in one of the prestigious IIMs. The CBI sleuths arrested the alleged racketeers candidates carrying leaked CAT papers in Shanti Palace Hotel at Mahipalpur in South West Delhi on the Gurgaon road. The papers were reported to have been sold at a price above Rs 2 lakh. CBI sources said the kingpin of the racket was Ranjit Singh, alias Don, who hails from Bihar and runs a pharmaceutical company in Mumbai. The CBI said the papers seized from the four arrested persons were same as the original. There were in all 150 questions divided in three sections. Confirming the cancellation of the examination, Director of Hyderabad-based IIM Bakul Dholakia said the decision about holding it afresh and the new dates would be taken in a couple of days.“Modalities of the re-examination of CAT are being worked out,’’ Mr Dholakia said. He said the preliminary information provided by the CBI had indicated that the leak took place through the printing press. “We are trying to find out the details of the case and only after the probe is completed, can we say with certainty where the leakage took place.” He said the internal system in the IIMs was foolproof and only the printing press could have been the weak link. Asked why proper measures were not taken to prevent the possibilities of leakage from the press, Mr Dholakia said it was due to their efforts that no such incident took place all these years. He said the IIM was expecting a report from the CBI and only then would it know what exactly happened. However, it was a shock for the students coming out of the examination hall after answering the question paper to hear that the paper had leaked out and the examination had been cancelled. The modus operandi of the gang was to approach the prospective candidates before the scheduled date of the examination and put them in some guest house or hotel on the eve of the examination before showing them the question paper. To ensure that the information did not leak to others, the tout would relieve the candidates early in the morning to enable them to reach their respective examination centres, the sources said. To ward off dummy candidates care was taken by the touts to scrutinise their admission cards issued for appearing in the examination and other documents. The sources said the four touts arrested this morning could be part of an organised gang which might have an all India network and the stakes could run into crores of rupees.  |
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