In a significant development, police from NCC police station of Agartala have arrested three persons and recovered several answer scripts of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) during a raid at Nandanagar in connection with an alleged attempt to manipulate examination records.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at Nandanagar area under the same police station and seized a number of answer scripts belonging to Class X and Class XII examinations.
According to police sources, some of the recovered answer scripts contained candidates’ names and roll numbers, while several others were found completely blank.
The incident has raised serious questions about the possible misuse or manipulation of NIOS examination answer scripts. Police have registered a case in this connection under NCC police station Case No. 93/2026, under Sections 318(4), 334(3), 340(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Police officials said that the seized answer scripts bear the date November 2, indicating that the examination had already been conducted on that day. Investigators are now examining whether the recovered answer scripts are genuine or forged and trying to ascertain the purpose for which they were allegedly kept outside the authorized examination process.
The police are also investigating whether other individuals or a larger network were involved in the suspected irregularities.
The three arrested persons will be produced before the court on Wednesday, with police seeking their remand for further interrogation.
Speaking on the development, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of NCC police station, Paritosh Das, said that the investigation was underway to establish the authenticity of the seized answer scripts and identify all those involved in the incident.
Police sources suspected that a racket may involved with scam of NIOS examination records and detailed interrogation of three arrested persons, the investigation will able to break of nexus of exam scam.