Altogether 50 students and a teacher were on Wednesday arrested for cheating and adopting unfair means during the matriculation examination in Nawada district, official sources said.
Rajesh Kumar was arrested from the Modern English School after he was found writing the papers for his brother Vikas Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer Diwan Jafar Hasan Khan said.
A woman teacher Abha Sinha was also arrested for helping Kumar. The rest, including ten girl students, were arrested from different areas, he said.