4 Nust officials arrested

[Salman Mushtaq]

The capital police on Wednesday arrested four officials of National University of Science and Technology (Nust) for stealing entry test papers for pre-engineering department.
Sabzi Mandi SHO Sub-Inspector Shahid Mehmood said that the police had arrested four persons nominated in the FIR.
The accused will be produced in the court on Thursday for seeking their physical remand, he said, adding that four other accused were still at large.
He said the university's registrar, Saleem Dawood, told Sabzi Mandi police on Tuesday that staff of the university had allegedly
stolen entry test papers last month.
In response to the complaint, the police registered a case against eight persons nominated by the registrar.
The investigation officer said the entry test was held on July 17, but later it was declared null and void when the registrar came to know that papers were stolen. A departmental inquiry was conducted which found the university's officials involved.