Fraud in CAT? Ex-IITian caught red-handed

Via: IBN Live

Two engineering students, including a former IIT student, have been arrested in Chandigarh on charges of attempts to cheat in the Common Admission Test (CAT) on Sunday.

The arrests have put a question mark on the validity of the test that 2.5 lakh students took on Sunday.

The police apprehended the two in Chandigarh while they were taking the test. The arrests were made by a joint team of the Kolkata police and the Chandigarh police.

Police claim the ex-IITian has been running the CAT fraud racket for sometime now.

The two youths had appeared for CAT using false identities so as to help some of the candidates cheat during the examination. They reportedly used to slip in their applications for the exam along with those of the real candidates.

The accused have been booked under charges of fraud, impersonation and cheating. They will be presented before the District Court in Chandigarh on Monday.

Over 2.5 lakh students took the CAT in 23 cities across the country for admission into B-schools on Sunday. The 150-minute test evaluates candidates on their quantitative skill, verbal ability and logical reasoning.

The total number of seats in IIMs this year is expected to be in the range of 1700. Currently, 15 per cent and 7.5 per cent seats are reserved for SCs and STs respectively, while 3 per cent of the seats are reserved for people with disabilities.

This year the number of seats in IIM Indore and Bangalore have been increased and IIM Shillong is the new addition to the current list of IIMs.

Original Article: IBN Live