One More Arrested In EAMCET Paper Leak; Total Arrests Go Up To 15

Hyderabad: Telangana CID probing the EAMCET-II question paper leak on Friday arrested one more agent, taking the total number of arrests in connection with the case to 15.

The arrested agent, identified as Ashwani Kumar Tomar (37), director of Aakruti Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd at Rajendra Place in New Delhi, was working as an educational consultant in the national capital, the CID said. He secured two students and they were given practice with two sets of leaked TS EAMCET-II-2016 (Medical) entrance exam question papers in the camp conducted at Bengaluru, CID said in a statement. Efforts are going on to apprehend the other brokers and accused persons of the question paper leakage, it added.

The arrested agent, identified as Ashwani Kumar Tomar (37), director of Aakruti Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd at Rajendra Place in New Delhi, was working as an educational consultant in the national capital.

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 students appearing for TS EAMCET-II-2016 (Medical) examination from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were taken to camps set up in at least five cities about two to three days prior to the exam and were given practice with the leaked copies of two question papers consisting of 320 questions with correct answers, CID had earlier said.

At a review meeting held here on August 2, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was informed by CID officials that Delhi turned out to be the centre for leak and there were 34 agents, who conspired to sell the paper and as many as 200 parents were in touch with the brokers to buy the question papers.

At a review meeting held here on August 2, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was informed by CID officials that Delhi turned out to be the centre for leak and there were 34 agents, who conspired to sell the paper and as many as 200 parents were in touch with the brokers to buy the question papers. The Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET-II) was conducted on July 9 and the results were declared on July 14.

The exam was conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. In the wake of question paper leakage, Telangana Government on August 2 announced the cancellation of the EAMCET-II and III exams will be held on September 11.

PTI