VADODRA: The parents of 26 students who were allegedly involved in the attempted copying racket at Godhra, one of the NEET centres, are now avoiding the police.
The racket, which involved two branches of the Jay Jalaram School in Godhra in Panchmahal district and Thermal near Vanakbori in Kheda district, was unearthed when the Panchmahal collector got a tip-off ahead of the exams.Teams were sent to the examination centre in Godhra and a teacher, Tushar Bhatt, was held with a list of 26 students. Rs 7 lakh cash was recovered from Bhatt’s car. Bhatt was supposed to fill in the answers of all the questions which the 16 students could not have attempted.
The list of 26 students included six taking the exam in Godhra and 20 in Thermal.
It also came to light that a number of students taking the test at the Thermal centre were from Bihar, Jharkhand & Maharashtra. Police have been trying to reach their parents.