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Scam in exams unearthed in A.P.

Staff Reporter

Involvement of Deputy DEO, four teachers alleged

KADAPA: A scam revolving around the alleged manipulation of Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheets of 46 Secondary Grade Teacher (Telugu) candidates by Deputy DEO Satyanarayana Murthy and four teachers involving an amount of Rs. 1 crore in the Kadapa District Selection Committee (DSC) 2006 examinations had been detected, District Collector M.T. Krishna Babu said here on Sunday.

Incriminating evidence was found of the alleged involvement of Kadapa Deputy DEO Satyanarayana Murthy, and four other teachers the Collector said.

Some teachers had acted as conduits and collected between Rs. 3 and Rs. 5 lakh from 46 DSC candidates, who secured abnormally high marks, he said.

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