India exam cheats caught with Bluetooth flip-flops

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Ten people have been arrested in India for planning to cheat in fiercely competitive teaching exams using Bluetooth devices concealed in their flip-flops, police said.

Cribbing has long been a problem in India and, for Sunday's government exams involving 1.6 million students in Rajasthan state, police had permission to snap mobile internet access while the tests lasted.

The plan was for accomplices outside to call the hidden contraptions and dictate the correct answers to the exams, said Priti Chandra, a police official in the western city of Bikaner. "We were aware of the possibility of cheating but we thought it would be a question paper leak or someone would use the internet, which is why it was restricted in many cities," Chandra told AFP.Investigations revealed that at least 25 students had bought these flip-flops from a gang for 600,000 rupees per pair.

"In one case we caught a student after the exam and had to take him to a doctor to identify and remove the Bluetooth device from his ear," Chandra said.

 

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