As many as 9 people were arrested including a Peon and a Coaching institute Director involved in connection with the question paper leak case of the ongoing Intermediate Examination conducted by Jharkhand Academic Council by Wednesday.
Giridih Deputy Commissioner RK Pathak said that during the inquiry it was found a Government School Peon Ajay Kumar Yadav was said to be involved in the case and the police team arrested him and sent to jail for further investiagation.
Speaking on the issue Koderma Deputy Commissioner Bhuwanesh Pratap Singh said, “So far it has been found that question paper was sent outside the centre through Mobile App photograph by the peon. A joint Magisterial Inquiry team was constituted for the further investigation including Koderma SDPO and SDM.”
It may be mentioned here that on last March 2, examination paper of Physics was leaked from one School of Bagodar in Giridih District. The District Police and the District Administration in a joint effort unraveled the matter. The police team arrested a peon workin at Government School and Akanksha Coaching Institute Director, Abhishek Kaushal and the team is inquiring in this regard.
Koderma Superintendent of Police (SP), M Tamil Vanan said that some students, teachers from Government Schools and Directors of Coaching Institutions involved from Koderma, Hazaribagh and Giridih. Enquiry is going on in this regard. “The investigating team sends a report to Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) in which they have recommended removal of the Principal of the School,” he added. The SP said that due to fear of Police action some people have deleted the question paper from their mobile handset and some people have formatted their mobile.
“In this condition it is difficult for police team to gather information. First Information Report has been preparing in this regard,” he added.
Singh said a report in this regard has been sent to JAC. “The examination of Physics paper will cancel or not it depends on JAC.
On the other hand JAC Secretary, Mahip Kumar Singh said that he doesn’t have any information in this regard. After getting report then JAC will take any action in this regard, he added.