The four month long investigation also revealed that the question paper, which was circulated among 'clients' through WhatsApp, was leaked from the printing press itself. Every 'client' had paid Rs five to six lakh for the paper, police said.
Police had initially thought that a local module was behind the leak but as investigation went on, several layers emerged spanning through Bihar, Delhi, Haryana and UP during which.
"It was revealed that the Delhi-NCR module was further divided into three sub modules, one based at Najafgarh, second at Sonepat and third at Rewari, Haryana. During investigation, 18 persons were arrested from the Sonepat module and Najafgarh Sub-module. Four persons were arrested of from a UP-based module while two persons were arrested from Rewari," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
The investigation from Rewari led to the main module and kingpin based at Bihar. It was discovered that some persons from Bihar had brought the question paper to Rewari which led police to Vikas Chander Bose. When Bose was arrested, he revealed that the paper was provided to him by one Amar, police said.
"Amar revealed that one Gorakh Nath, an employee of the printing press had procured the paper and given it to him, following which he too was arrested.
"He disclosed that he was employed at the cutting machine of the printing press, where the question papers were being cut and sorted. He managed to get hold of a question paper and after hiding it inside the shoe, smuggled it out of the printing press," said Yadav.
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