A TIMELINE OF THE PAPER LEAK

> March 23 — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India receives a fax informing them that a coaching centre manager of west Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar named Vicky was leaking the question papers of CBSE. The next day, the fax was reported to the Delhi Police.

> March 26 — Class 12 students appeared for Economics paper

> March 28 — A first information report (FIR) has revealed that the CBSE had received an e-mail on March 28 at 1.40am with 12 images of the CBSE Class 10 Mathematics paper, but the CBSE completely ignored the tip-off sent by a person yet to be identified, according to media reports. Later on the day, the CBSE in India announced that the Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics board exams will be held again over reports of paper leak. The leaked paper, circulated on WhatsApp, was initially sold off for Rs35,000, but the prices later dropped to Rs5,000, according to media reports. It is alleged that 1,000 students in Delhi may have accessed the paper.

> March 29 — Students in India held a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to demand a re-examination of all subjects as every paper had been leaked.

> March 30 — CBSE announced that there will be no re-examination for students outside India. Class 10 Maths re-exam will be held only in Delhi and Haryana.