Hyderabad: The CID has arrested one more person in the Eamcet question paper leak case from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Officials said that the suspect, Shailesh Singh, assisted the main suspect, Shiva Bahadur Singh, who was detained earlier, to plan and carry out the entire operation successfully.
Shailesh Singh was also involved in other state examination paper leak cases and the railway Group D examination question paper leak case. Shailesh and Bahadur, who are relatives, got a copy of the Eamcet question paper from the printer and mobilised agents offering commission to contact students.
“Shailesh Singh contacted Ranveer Singh, who works at Kapoor’s Printing Press in New Delhi, to obtain the paper when it came for printing. After getting the copies, Shailesh handed over the paper to Bahadur Singh,” said a senior CID official. The CID sleuths produced Shailesh in a criminal court in Hyderabad on Saturday. He has been sent to judicial remand.
“Just like Bahadur Singh, Shailesh was also involved in the paper leak of Railway Group-D exam in Lucknow, Railway Driver’s exam at Allahabad, Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) examination. PSC examination leak case of Punjab, J&K Teacher’s exam paper leak case, Wardha Medical College paper leak case, Chandigarh Teachers Examination leak case, Kolkata TET examination paper leak case and DMRC examination paper leak case,” revealed a senior CID official.
The CID started the EAMCET-II scam investigation in July 2016 after registering a case under IPC and the Andhra Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act 1997. So far, the CID has arrested 49 persons, including brokers and sub-brokers, and seized rs 2.87 crore.
Officials found that students were taken to camps in cities across the country three days before the TS Eamcet-II-2016 (medical) exam and were given the question papers and answer keys. Eamcet-II (Medical) was conducted on July 9 by JNTU. Results were published on July 14, but were declared invalid.
