Muzaffarnagar, February 25: Seventeen people have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with a case of aiding mass-copying at an exam centre here during the Uttar Pradesh board examinations.

The accused, including superintendent of the centre Yogender Pal, arrested during a Special Task Force raid were produced in a local court here Sunday. Class 10th, 12th Board Exams 2019: BEST to Provide SSC, HSC Students Free Bus Rides to Examination Centres in Mumbai.

The alleged mass copying was caught during the Class 12th Physics paper Saturday when the Special Task Force raided the examination centre upon a tipoff. Officials had seized solved examination papers, a pistol, mobile and exam guides from the centre.

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