Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has unraveled the entire conspiracy behind the leakage of the Medical question paper of Eamcet II held earlier this month with the arrest of 7 people.
Three persons including a Delhi-based printing press worker Shaikh Nishad, a Mumbai-based broker Guddu and a coaching academy owner Venkat Rao were arrested in Bengaluru last night and were brought to Hyderabad for further questioning.
According to the CID officials a repeat offender Rajagopal Reddy from Bengaluru is the kingpin behind this racket who along with six broker got the paper leaked from a Delhi printing press.
State director general of police Anurag Sharma held a review meeting with the officials of CID to finalise the report.
Earlier the CID had arrested four persons including three students for their involvement in the conspiracy. In the report submitted to the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao the CID has said that whopping Rs 15 crore was paid to those who leaked the paper. Every candidate who evinced interest in the leaked question paper had to pay Rs 30 to Rs 50 lakhs. After receiving an advance of Rs 10 lakh from each students, the conspirators handed them over the question paper 48 hours before the common entrance test.
CID officials say that atleast 30 students benefited form the leakage of the paper and they were given special coaching in different places including Resonance Medical Academy at lB Nagar in Hyderabad.
While girl students were coached at lB Nagar, the boys were taken to Bengaluru and Mumbai for special coaching on the basis of the leaked question paper and brought back to their respective centers a few hours before the test.
Remaining amount from the students was recovered after the results and ranks were announced. During the probe so far the CID has also come another startling conclusion that the question paper of 2014 Eamcet was also leaked.
As the Eamcet was organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University, the CID officials were also probing in to the possibility of the involvement of some of the officials of the university.
Meanwhile, deputy Chief Minister K Srihari vowed that those responsible for the leakage of the paper will be given stringent punishment. “But we will also ensure that the meritorious students who worked hard are not made to suffer”.
Speaking to the students and their parents who met him in Warangal on Thursday asked them not to worry as the government will take care of the meritorious students.
There were speculations that on the basis of the CID report the Government will scrap the Eamcet II and order a fresh test.