An examination centre in Jaipur has been shut down after police found out about a cheating plan involving college staff, invigilators and many students before a paramedical exam. The Rajasthan Paramedical Council cancelled the centre at Prabha Devi Memorial PG College away. This has disrupted ongoing diploma exams.
What Happened
The controversy started with the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences exams, which were to begin on June 29. Police got a tip on June 27 that a cheating racket was collecting money from students.
The accused were helping around 45 students from S. Karan College cheat in their exams. The plan was to seat these students and have fake invigilators help them cheat. The deal cost around ₹5.5 lakh.
Police quickly raided the centre. Arrested four people:
Ramkrishna Mandiwal, administrator of Prabha Devi Memorial PG College
Devkrishna Mandiwal, his nephew, part of the college administration
Krishna Kumar Saini, Head of the Paramedical Department at S. Karan College
Shankar Lal Jat, a lecturer at S. Karan College
During the raid police found diaries with student names, money records and documents linking the accused to the scheme. A court sent the four to three-day police remand and further investigation is ongoing.
Chaos and Protests at the Centre
The situation got worse when police intervened, causing chaos on campus. The centre had 2,500 students. It could only seat 1,500. This led to arrangements. When genuine candidates learned about the cheating they protested, raised slogans and damaged college property. They demanded that the compromised exam be cancelled.
Was It Really a Paper Leak?
While several early reports described the incident as a paper leak, DCP Prashant Kiran clarified that this was not a case of a leaked question paper. Instead, he said, it was a deliberate conspiracy to facilitate cheating by planting favourable invigilators inside the exam hall — a distinction that matters given how quickly “paper leak” allegations tend to spread on social media, further fuelling the protests and confusion at the venue.
Council’s Response
In response to the “severe institutional failure,” the Controller of Examinations at the Rajasthan Paramedical Council issued an emergency directive cancelling the centre’s recognition altogether. As a direct consequence, examinations for the DCLT (Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology), DDT (Diploma in Dialysis Technology), and DECGT (Diploma in ECG Technology) courses scheduled at this centre have been postponed until further orders.
The Bigger Picture
This incident adds to a growing list of examination-integrity controversies in Rajasthan’s paramedical and health-education sector, raising fresh questions about how private colleges are vetted before being granted examination centre status, and how seating capacities and invigilator appointments are verified by regulatory bodies. For the genuine students affected — many of whom now face rescheduled exams and uncertainty over their academic calendar — the episode underscores the collateral damage that institutional corruption can inflict on innocent candidates.
Authorities have indicated that the investigation is ongoing, and further arrests or centre-level action against other institutions involved, including S. Karan College, cannot be ruled out as the probe widens.
