CSIR-NET EXAM: STF arrests 7 including private univ employees

MEERUT: The Uttar Pradesh STF on Saturday arrested seven persons, including the IT manager of Subharti University in Meerut, for their alleged involvement in helping candidates solve the CSIR-NET exam papers. Those arrested included, IT manager of the university Arun Sharma, computer lab assistant Vineet Kumar, NSEIT server operator Ankur Saini, along with four applicants from Haryana: Ankit, Tamanna, Monika, and Jyoti. An online exam for the CSIR-NET was conducted in the computer lab of Subharti University’s law department, with NSEIT being responsible for its administration. An STF team raided the lab on Friday and found that Arun Sharma had created a parallel system in his room and managed to break into the exam server with the help of NSEIT company’s server operator Ankur Saini and lab assistant Vineet Kumar.