DUBAI // A university worker leaked 15 examination papers to a student for Dh7,500, Dubai Criminal Court heard on Thursday.
R K, a 29-year-old Indian information-technology technician, denied taking the bribe for divulging the questions to A A, a 23-year-old Omani, who denied a charge of criminal complicity.
In June, A A, a media and journalism student at the university, allegedly approached R K, whose job involved copying and printing examination questions for faculty members.
The student offered R K Dh500 for each examination paper and the latter accepted, prosecutors said.
The Omani would specify the examination papers he wanted, and R K would take photographs of them and send them to A A via the messaging service WhatsApp.
The duo had agreed to meet in Sharjah for A A to hand over the money in two instalments.
R K was arrested a few days after taking the money.
The dean of the university, Egyptian M A, 63, testified that R K was also responsible for the surveillance cameras on campus.
“He supervises the cameras, the university’s email and also the printing of the exams with the faculty members,” said the dean.
M A said the university received a tip on June 1 that some exam papers had been leaked. It changed the questions for the exams and investigated all the IT workers.
“R K was very nervous and tense. He then confessed to the whole thing,” said M A, adding that R K later signed a document detailing his alleged corruption.
Prosecutors said they found 103 images of the exam papers on WhatsApp that R K sent to A A.
The next hearing will be on October 30.
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