Three key accused in the Gujarat constable examination paper leak case of last month have been arrested, the state’s top police officer said on Wednesday, taking the number of those behind bars in the matter to 15.
Investigations have revealed the accused were part of a gang which had stolen an exam paper meant for recruitment of police constables in Gujarat from a printing press at Manipal town in Karnataka in November, said Director General of Police Shivanand Jha.
The trio, key accused in the case, was arrested Tuesday from different parts of the country and brought to Gandhinagar, where an FIR was registered last month, he told reporters in the state capital.
Earlier, 12 people, including candidates who had allegedly paid money for the leaked paper, were arrested by the police in the case.
The recruitment exam, originally scheduled on December 2 last year, was called off at the last moment after the authorities came to know about the paper leak.
A fresh exam will be held on January 6.
The DGP said the trio was part of a professional gang involved in leaking papers of many such competitive exams in the past.
They were identified by the police as Vinay Arora of Sonepat in Haryana, and Mahadev Dattatrey and Vinod Rathod, both from Bidar in Karnataka.
Two other key accused - Vinod Chhikara, a suspended constable of the Delhi police, and Vinay Mathur — are still on the run, said Jha.