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Two more held hunt on for more
The Crime Investigation Department police on Thursday arrested two more persons in connection with the leak of EAMCET-II question paper, taking the number of those held in the case to eight.
EAMCET-2 paper leak
- The police identify 34 brokers involved in the crime
- They allegedly conspired to sell leaked question paper to 200 parents
Hyderabad: The Crime Investigation Department police on Thursday arrested two more persons in connection with the leak of EAMCET-II question paper, taking the number of those held in the case to eight.
"Two brokers, Gudipalli Chandra Shekhar Reddy of Medak district and Shaik Shakeera, native of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh were arrested by the CID on Thursday," the police said.
"Chandra Sekhar Reddy secured four students and Shaik Shakeera secured two students. On the night of July 7, all the six aspirants were taken to Kolkata by air by Chandra Sekhar Reddy and three other brokers," the police said.
In Kolkata, the students were made to practise two leaked TS EAMCET-II-2016 (Medical) entrance examination question papers at a hotel room. Later, they all were returned to Hyderabad on the night of July 8 by air, said the CID police.
Reddy collected signed blank cheques and copies of SSC and Intermediate certificates of the six aspirants and gave them to a broker who conducted the practice camp in a hotel room at Kolkata, it said. "Efforts are on to apprehend the other brokers and the accused in the question paper leak case," the CID said.
On July 25, the CID had registered a case under relevant sections of IPC and other provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act, 1997, after it found in its preliminary inquiry that there was prima facie a case for registering an FIR.
Investigation also revealed that those appearing for EAMCET-II-2016 (Medical) examination in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were taken to camps set up in at least five cities about two to three days prior to the examination and given practice with the leaked copies of two question papers consisting of 320 questions with correct answers, the CID had said.
At a review meeting held here on Tuesday, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was briefed by CID officials that Delhi turned out to be the centre for leak and there were 34 brokers, who conspired to sell the paper and as many as 200 parents were in touch with the brokers to buy the question papers.
