Examinee, proxy held in Assam

GUWAHATI: Police arrested two persons — a Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed.) exam aspirant and a proxy candidate — in upper Assam’s Dhemaji district on Sunday. Both of them were sent to judicial custody on Monday.
The original aspirant has been identified as Jayprakash Pait, while the proxy candidate as Naren Pait.
The invigilator informed the police after detecting the fraud.Hitesh Sarma, officer in-charge of Dhemaji Sadar police station, said: “The examination was being held in Dhemaji Commerce College on Sunday. Naren Pait appeared for the exam as a proxy candidate and the matter got exposed before the invigilator. Police have arrested both the proxy and original candidates.”