Karnataka exam paper leak: Minister’s PA, 2 others held

Three persons, including the personal assistant to Karnataka’s Medical Education Minister, were arrested by the state CID Monday in connection with the leak of Chemistry question paper for the Class 12 exam conducted by the state education department. The question paper was leaked twice ahead of the scheduled exam date. This compelled the education department to postpone the exam twice, triggering protest from the students. The exam is now scheduled for April 12.

The CID arrested Obalaraju (51), personal assistant to Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil, and his associates Manjunatha (47), a physical education teacher at Cambridge College in Bengaluru, and Rudrappa (50), an office manager with the state PWD.

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According to the CID, Manjunatha procured the question paper from a source and sold each copy for Rs 10 lakh. Obalaraju and Rudrappa, too, allegedly sold copies of the question paper.

DIG, CID, Sonia Narang said, “The children of Obalaraju and Rudrappa appeared for the PUC exam this time. They bought the question paper five hours prior to the March 21 exam. Manjunatha sold it to them for Rs10 lakh.”

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