Doomdooma, Nov. 7 -- Seven people, including the principal of a school in Assam's Tinsukia district, who were arrested over an alleged racket involving paid assistance and cheating during National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) examinations, were granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court on Friday.

The accused were arrested on November 5 after a surprise police inspection at Bhawati Bhagwan DAV Shiksha Niketan, where a NIOS examination was underway. The operation was led by a police team headed by Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge Purunjay Bora.

The arrested persons include the school's principal, Raghav Prasad Rai, and six others identified as Sunil Kumar Verma, Ajit Jain, Biki Prasad, Dipu Barman, Suresh Giri ...