Eamcet-2 paper leak: Parents and students paid out Rs 1.73 crore to broker in Pune

Hyderabad: The CID on Friday arrested one more suspect in connection with the Eamcet-2 paper leak. Police said Sheik Ramesh alias Raheem, 52, had taken at least 14 students to Pune where he provided them with answer keys. The students and their parents paid him over Rs 1.73 crore.

According to CID officials, Raheem was arrested from his house at Boduppal. “He contacted students from various parts of AP and Telangana and took them to Pune,” said CID chief N Satyanarain. The official said that of the Rs 1.73 crore he collected, he had paid Rs 1.2 crore to another broker.

The CID police, who raided the house of the suspect, seized Rs 37.5 lakh from his possession. “He had deposited Rs 15 lakh in his friend’s bank account,” said a CID official.

The CID questioned more students on Friday after tracking their call details from the arrested suspects. It is now suspected that more than 100 students had benefited from the leak. Telangana DGP Anurag Sharma met Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to discuss the status of the inquiry.