Cash-for-paper case: 4, including Wagholi college professor, held

Based on this information, the unit conducted a raid at the college at 2 am on June 3 and recovered six bundles of written answer sheets, Rs 2,06,000 in cash, and a duplicate key of the room where the papers were kept.

A total of eight first-year students had arrived at the college in the night. The said professor and his accomplices had allegedly spied on students struggling to pass the exams and charged Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 as bribes from each one of them to allow them to rewrite their paper.

A statement shared by the officiating director of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Professor Prabhakar Desai, said: “The actions of a professor of Moze Engineering College, Wagholi is highly unethical and in violation of the university examination planning regulations. Savitribai Phule Pune University has immediately constituted a fact-finding committee in this regard and has asked this committee to submit its report within just 7 days. As soon as the report is received from this committee, strict action will be taken against the concerned persons by the Examination and Evaluation Board as per the University law. As examinations are very important events in the life of a student, its seriousness and sanctity should be preserved by everyone and the Examination and Evaluation Board of Savitribai Phule Pune University is very sensitive in this regard.”