Savitribai Phule Pune University

SPPU

Nashik cybercrime

Chinmay Atharvalkar

paper leak

Amid recent controversy over paper leaks and copying cases in the country, a similar crime has been discovered closer to home. After the) lodged a police complaint, officials of thecell have arrested two engineering students from their city, who have been accused of hacking the varsity’s official email ID, leaking a paper and selling it to other scholars.The duo has been identified as(21) and Adesh Chopade (21), both residents of Nashik. They have been booked under sections 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), besides relevant sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act.The two youths allegedly leaked the BSc second-year linear algebra question paper, after hacking into the university’s email, and a probe revealed that they also sold these papers to BSc students.The incident came to light on April 28, when thewas first discovered at the SPPU subcentre of Nashik. Soon, the varsity set up an investigation committee under the chairmanship of Dr VB Gaikwad, whose members unearthed the IP address through which the webmail was hacked. Since it originated out of Nashik, a complaint was filed with the local cybercrime cell there, also because the paper leak had taken place via electronic media, informed the SPPU media co-ordination cell.Now, after a complete committee report, the university will take a decision of the re-scheduling of the examination in question.Both students who hacked the email ID come from educated families, and police sources said they probably just did it to satisfy their own curiosity.