Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Teacher Booked for Sending 14-Year-Old as Dummy Candidate in Exam
A teacher in Mumbai named Divya Saraiya was caught for sending a 14-year-old boy to take a maths exam for someone else.
The boy was caught because he kept taking the question paper to the bathroom, which made the supervisor suspicious.
The boy tried to lie about his parents' contact details, but eventually told the truth.
The teacher was teaching at a coaching centre called Education Hub.
The police have charged the teacher for cheating and breaking the rules of the Information Technology Act.
The boy's father said he didn't know about the plan.
A teacher, Divya Saraiya, was booked for sending a 14-year-old boy to take a maths exam as a dummy candidate.
The boy was caught when a supervisor noticed him repeatedly taking the question paper to the bathroom.
The boy initially lied about his parents' contact details but later revealed the truth.
Saraiya was teaching at Education Hub, a coaching centre, and was charged with cheating and violating the Information Technology Act.
The boy's father was unaware of the plan and thought his son was going for coaching.
- Who
- Divya Saraiya, a coaching centre teacher, and a 14-year-old student
- What
- Sending the 14-year-old as a dummy candidate in a maths exam
- When
- December 15
- Where
- Borivali, Mumbai
- Why
- To cheat in the annual competitive maths exam
- Location
- Borivali, Mumbai
- Accused
- Divya Saraiya
- Victim
- 14-year-old student
- Exam Organizer
- Mumbadevi Vidyaniketan school
- Exam Date
- December 15
- Number of Students
- 139
- Charges
- Cheating and flouting the Information Technology Act