Four held for Eamcet-2 paper leak; CID submits report to Telangana CM
If we go by norms, cancellation is inevitable in case of a question paper leakage, says Minister C. Laxma Reddy.
Hyderabad: Not only Eamcet-2, the Eamcet-1 question papers were also leaked, said sources on Wednesday. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested at least four persons including the main suspect Rajgopal Reddy, who was earlier involved in Dr NTR University of Health Sciences Post-graduate Medical entran-ce scam of 2014, in connection with the Eamcet-2 question paper leak.
CID officials suspect 60 or more students benefitted from the Eamcet-2 leak.
More than '15 crore were paid as advance by the students before the exam. The students were flown to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kanigiri in Andhra Pradesh by a few brokers in the first week of July.
They were put up in hotels and the question papers were handed over to them two days before the examination. The brokers also provided the correct answers.
Each student paid a huge amount for the papers, not less than Rs 25 lakh.
According to sources, Rajgopal Reddy got three sets of question papers of the entrance test. “It is suspected that the question papers were handed over to the students by July 7, two days before the entrance test,” a CID source said.
Insider at Delhi press behind Eamcet-2 paper leak
The CID has arrested at least four persons including the main suspect Rajgopal Reddy, in connection with the Eamcet-2 question paper leak. Apart from Rajgopal Reddy, the other arrested have been identified as Vishnu, the owner of a consultancy firm, Ramesh, a middleman, and an associate named Tirumal.
Probe officials further found that the question paper was leaked with the help of an insider from a printing press in Delhi. The CID team, who have gathered the call details of the suspects, also found that two JNTU employees had been constantly in touch with them.
CID officials have submitted the report to Chief Miniter K. Chandrasekhar Rao. They are likely to officially show the arrest of suspects and reveal the full investigation details in the next few days.
“The probe is in the final stage. After verifying various evidences and clues, the investigation team has found out how they operated and earned money by leaking the paper.” said a CID official.