The CBI had arrested seven individuals in reference to alleged manipulation of JEE Mains examination 2021, officers mentioned Thursday. The CBI motion got here after registration of a case towards Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and three administrators -Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar Mani Tripathi and Govind Varshney — moreover different touts and associates. Mishra and Krishna are among the many arrested individuals, the officers mentioned.

It is alleged that the administrators in conspiracy with different associates and touts have been “manipulating the online examination of JEE (Mains) and facilitating aspiring students to get admission in top NITs in consideration of huge amount by solving the question paper of the applicant through remote access from a chosen examination centre in Sonepat(Haryana)”, CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi had mentioned.

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