One-liner: A special court has granted bail to Russian national Mikhail Shargen, who was arrested by the CBI for allegedly hacking the JEE exam software which had benefited over 800 aspirants, officials said on Wednesday.
Tampered wih software: Shargen, 25, arrested on Oct 3, had tampered with iLeon software, the platform on which JEE (Main)-2021 exam was conducted and also helped other accused in hacking the computer systems of suspect candidates during the exam.
Co-accused granted bail: The special CBI court took note of the fact that all other co-accused in the case were granted bail, including those who directly got in touch with the candidates and their parents to obtain money and documents among others.
No weight in CBI's argument: The special court also did not find weight in CBI's argument that certain mobile chats of the accused and applicant with co-accused have been recovered during the investigation.
Allowed release: The court allowed Shargen to be released on a personal surety of ₹1L and with bail conditions.
Booked: In Sept last year, the agency had booked Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and its three directors Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar Mani Tripathi and Govind Varshney, besides other touts and associates for alleged manipulation of the exam.
Source: PTI