India, May 19 -- The Dehradun police have arrested 17 candidates for allegedly using Bluetooth devices to cheat during the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti lab attendant and junior secretariat assistant recruitment examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), a police official said.

Police arrested them from two different examination centres following a tip off.

Three separate first information reports (FIRs) have been registered at Patel Nagar and Dalanwala police stations in Dehradun against the accused.

According to police, the accused were being questioned about where they acquired the Bluetooth devices to cheat in the exam.

Dehradun senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ajai Singh said, "The accused candidat...