Lucknow, March 4 -- Seven imposters and 10 copycats were held during the UP Board exam on Monday. Two fake candidates were caught from Ghazipur and one each from Rampur, Sultanpur, Barabanki, Pratapgarh and Basti.

Besides, 2,51,456 candidates did not turn up for the exam in the two shifts on the day.

On Monday, 10 candidates including seven boys and three girls were caught cheating in both shifts. An FIR has been lodged against two centre administrators of Etah district for irregularities.

Board secretary Dibyakant Shukla said that in the first shift, the examination of High School English, Inter-computer, vocational and agriculture sections was held at 8,272 examination centres in the state. Out of 28,75,055 candidates, 1,68,058 candi...