Pune Police Arrest Another Army Major From Delhi In Paper Leak Case
Mubarak Ansari
Pune, 9th March 2021: Another Major rank officer of the Indian Army has been arrested by Pune City Police in connection with the Army relation recruitment exam paper leak case. Till now 10 persons have been arrested in the cases registered at Wanowrie police station and Vishrantwadi police station.
A team of Pune police Crime Branch detained the Major in Delhi. He is expected to be produced before the Pune district court on Wednesday.
According to police, about 30,000 candidates were to appear for the common entrance exam at 40 centres across India on February 28. However, the exam was cancelled as the paper leak was detected by Military Intelligence (MI) and the Pune police arrested four accused a few hours before the exam. The accused had got handwritten question paper and answer sheet which matched a hundred percent with the real paper. They were charging Rs 4-5 lakh from each candidate for sharing the leaked question paper.
Yesterday, a special court remanded arrested Major Thiru Murugan to police custody till March 15. He was caught in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, and then brought to Pune. The second Major rank officer caught in Delhi is also from Murugan’s batch.
