Maharashtra Board Exams 2023: Student flees exam centre with answer sheet

"Just 10 minutes before the duration of the paper was to end around 2 pm, the teen sought permission to go to the toilet and when the invigilator denied his request, the boy ran out of the classroom," the official said. "Only one page of the boy's answer sheet was found at his desk and the rest was missing," he said.

Maharashtra Board Exams 2023: Student flees exam centre with answer sheet

Maharashtra Board Exams 2023: A class 12 student appearing for the  Maharashtra Board Class 12th maths paper ran out of the examination hall with his answer sheet which is now missing, The student was appearing for the Maths exam at Nagsen Madhyamik Vidyalay in Vedant Nagar police station jurisdiction in the afternoon, he said.

"Just 10 minutes before the duration of the paper was to end around 2 pm, the teen sought permission to go to the toilet and when the invigilator denied his request, the boy ran out of the classroom," the official said. "Only one page of the boy's answer sheet was found at his desk and the rest was missing," he said.

"The school immediately informed the police and the search was launched to find the student who scaled the compound wall and entered a private library nearby," the official said.

"After being brought back to the centre, the boy did not respond to any questions about the missing answer sheet or give a reason for his action," he said. The police have initiated the process of registering an offence in this regard, inspector Brahma Giri said. "The Maharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has been informed about the incident. Further action will be taken as per rules," R T Chavan, centre head of Nagsen Vidyalay told reporters.

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