Malpractice using bluetooth in FDA exam, 2 held

Kalaburagi, NT Bureau: Two candidates taking the first division assistant (FDA) recruitment exam in the Food and Civil Supplies Department were arrested for using Bluetooth devices for malpractice.

Three others aiding the two candidates in the scheme were also apprehended by the police. Trimurthy was arrested at the Sri Sharanabasaveshwara University exam centre.

He hails from Sonna village in Afzalpur taluk and is connected to R D Patil, the mastermind of the PSI recruitment scandal. Both candidates were referred to an ENT specialist to remove the Bluetooth devices from their ears, followed by medical tests at the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS).

The arrested individuals, hailing from Kalaburagi and Bidar districts, are currently under police questioning, as further investigations proceed.