2 bank officials, woman arrested in CBSE Maths paper leak

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 11:20 PM

2 bank officials, woman arrested in CBSE Maths paper leak

New Delhi, April 12: Three more persons -- two bank officials and a woman -- have been arrested in connection with the leak of Central Board of Secondary Education Class 10 mathematics question paper, police said on Thursday.

Accused Manju Bala, 42, is a resident of Punjab's Firozepur while Head Cashier Om Prakash, 58, and Branch Manager Sheru Ram, 35, are posted at the Union Bank of India in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. They were arrested on Wednesday.

The police had on April 6 arrested three persons from Himachal Pradesh -- teacher Rakesh Kumar, clerk Amit Sharma and support staff Ashok Kumar of DAV Centenary Public School in Una in connection with the leak of CBSE Class 12 Economics paper.

"During interrogation with main kingpin Rakesh Kumar, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) found that he not only leaked Class 12 Economics paper on March 23 but also Class 10 maths paper to his relative Manju Bala and shared it through WhatsApp in handwritten form," Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar said.