Delhi Police sought WhatsApp help in CBSE paper leak case

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 11:43 PM

Delhi Police sought WhatsApp help in CBSE paper leak case

New Delhi, March 30: Delhi Police has sought help from WhatsApp to know who all had received and forwarded the leaked CBSE question papers and is still tracking an email ID from where the education board had received a tip off about the leak, an officer said on Friday.

The officer said 35 more people, including students, parents and coaching centre owners, were questioned in connection with the probe into the leak of Class 10 maths and Class 12 economics question papers that has affected lakhs of students across India.

He said police received information that leaked papers were circulated on WhatsApp groups of students, parents, tutors at coaching institutes and their owners from Delhi-NCR.

"They have played a key role in sharing these question papers. Group members and admins are being questioned by the team of Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch of Delhi Police," the police officer said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorised to give probe details.