Hyderabad: Shaik Aijaz, 19, was wearing a T-shirt when he entered the hall to write a supplementary exam at the Royal Junior College in SR Nagar. It looked like a normal black T-shirt, but for Aijaz that was the only way to pass the economics exam.
Before Aijaz, took his seat, invigilator Kappa Shankar Reddy stopped him for frisking. What Reddy found was something that he had never seen in his life before. Aijaz’s T-shirt had a tiny bluetooth device and an almost invisible microphone. When Shankar Reddy carefully checked Aijaz’s ear he saw a tiny earphone.
Aijaz had come to the examination hall like a Hollywood spy and his friend, 19-year-old Mohd Samiullah was waiting outside. As per their plan Samiulla would call Aijaz on the phone which was kept in a bag outside once the question papers were distributed. The bluetooth device would answer the call automatically.
Once both are connected, Samiulla, who had a set of previous question papers, would read out the questions. If any of those questions were there in the question paper Aijaz got, he would cough once and then Samiulla would give the answers. But, their plans fell flat when Shankar Reddy discovered the devices. Aijaz could not use them and he ended up in police custody.
“Aijaz spent a lot of money to buy the T-Shirt. He searched and found the dress at Shopclues.com,” said West Zone DCP A. Venkateswara Rao. He spent Rs 13,000 to get the shirt delivered to his house. After Shankar Reddy found the device, he informed the police, who reached the spot and took Aijaz into custody. During interrogation Aijaz revealed about his friend.
“Following a complaint from the invigilator we booked a case against the duo under Section 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of malpractices and unfair means) Act, 1997,” said the DCP.
Aijaz had failed earlier and had started working at the Vista Dental Hospital in Madhapur. He wanted to clear backlogs. His friend Samiulla is a BE student at the Mukarram Jha College.
