Telangana police bust entrance test racket

Seven arrested over involvement in leak of questions papers for medical entrance test

The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) claims to have unravelled a racket behind the leak of exam question papers for the medical admission test held under the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet II) earlier this month. Seven people have been arrested in this connection.

Three persons, including a Delhi-based printing press worker Shaikh Nishad, a Mumbai-based broker Guddu, and a coaching academy owner Venkat Rao, were arrested in Bengaluru on Wednesday night and were brought to Hyderabad for further questioning.

According to the CID officials, a repeat offender, Rajagopal Reddy from Bengaluru, was the kingpin behind the racket and had got the exam papers leaked from a Delhi printing press in complicity with six middlemen.

In the report submitted to the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the CID said that Rs150 million (Dh8.1 million) was paid to those who leaked the exam paper. Every candidate buying a leaked question paper had to pay Rs3 million to Rs5 million.

Meanwhile, deputy Chief Minister K. Srihari promised that those responsible for the paper leak will face stringent punishment. “But we will also ensure that the meritorious students who worked hard are not made to suffer,” he added.