THREE MORE LAND IN HP POLICE NET

DHARAMSHALA: Three more candidates were arrested in connection with the Himachal Pradesh Police constable recruitment examination paper leak on Saturday.

With the arrest of Vishal and Pawan Kumar of Suliali village and Nitesh Kumar of Sathana village, the number of arrests in the case has reached seven. The trio, who had appeared for the recruitment test on March 27, were booked under Section 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

It is learnt that the candidates had paid ₹6 to ₹8 lakh to get the solved question paper. Candidates were shown copies of the solved paper and told to memorise the answers. They did not share copies on messaging apps to avoid being caught.

A police official privy to the matter said at least 1,000 candidates who had done exceedingly well in the exam are on the police’s radar.

“The masterminds of the paper leak hail from Delhi and Haryana. Multiple teams of the SIT are trying to trace them. It is suspected that the paper was leaked from the printing press,” he said.