The State Crime Branch police have claimed to have made a major breakthrough in the +2 question paper leak case arresting the heads of three private colleges on Monday night from separate places.
The chiefs of these private colleges had brought the papers from Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Deputy Secretary, Sambalpur Zone, Debendra Behera, Crime Branch ADG BK Sharma told reporters here on Tuesday.
The accused are Saroj Mohanty, Principal of lambodar Science College of Kalahandi, Akshay Rath, Chairman of Om Maa Saraswati Institute of Science and Technology of Rajgangpur and Rajendra Malla, head of Chaityana College of Sundargarh, he added, saying they all have been forwarded to court.
The CHSE had cancelled the Physics examination on March 7 after the question paper leak. The Government ordered the Crime Branch to probe into the case.