Mass Cheating at a Nagpur AYUSH exam centre: HC notice to Ministry

Nagpur: The Ministry of AYUSH has been served a notice by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court based on a petition filed by a few students alleging that mass cheating took place at a centre where they appeared for a PG entrance test (AIAPGET) for Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy.

The bench headed by Justices Zaka Haq and Bhushan Dharamadhikari have directed the Ministry to submit their reply by 19^th July. The petitioners, in this case, have pleaded for a stay to be imposed on the declaration of the result, which in the normal course of events is to be made public on July 19.

The Nextech Technologies, Kamptee Road, Nagpur centre was the one out of the 20 in other cities, where the alleged cheating incident took place. The High Court has issued Nextech a notice as well reported TOI.

When the students made queries about their complaint in the Ministry, they were informed that the Grievance Redressal Committee of the Ministry was looking into the allegation.