Eight held for using bluetooth earbuds to ‘cheat’ in railway recruitment examination

Eight men have been arrested for allegedly cheating in a railway recruitment examination using electronic devices, including wireless bluetooth earphones, in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida city, police Wednesday said.

The accused – Pravesh Bansal, Ravi Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Monu, Rajat, Parminder and Pravin Kumar – were arrested from an examination facility in Noida’s Sector 62 during RRC Level-1 examination held on Tuesday, police added.

“The accused got in touch with Pravin Kumar, who assured them of passing the examination and asked for an advance of around Rs one lakh which they paid. He asked one of the accused, Pravesh Bansal, who works as an employee at the same testing facility where the examination took place,