The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana arrested two more people in connection with the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case on Friday, taking the total number of arrested to 21. The SIT arrested Bhagwant, a Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO) officer in Vikarabad, and his brother Ravi Kumar. During the investigation, officials found that Bhagwant purchased a question paper for the Assistant Engineer (AE) exam from one of the accused, Dhakya Nayak, for his brother Ravi Kumar.
It was found that Bahgwant transferred Rs. 2 lakh to the account of Dhakya Nayak for the question paper.
Dhakya is the husband of Renuka, a teacher who obtained question papers from prime accused Praveen Kumar, an employee in TSPSC. She had purchased the question paper for her brother, Rajeshwar Nayak, who had appeared in the AE exam. She, along with Dhakya, had sold question papers to others.
The TSPSC scam came to light on March 12, which led to the arrest of 19 accused and the cancellation of the Group 1 preliminary examination, Assistant Engineers, AEE, and DAO exams.
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Praveen Kumar, who worked as an assistant section officer at TSPSC, and Rajashekar Reddy, a network administrator at ATSPSC, allegedly stole question papers of some exams from a computer in a confidential section of the Commission and sold them to other accused.
The exam paper leak case created a sensation in Telangana as opposition parties Congress and BJP blamed the BRS government for the leak that affected lakhs of unemployed people in the state.
The SIT has also examined TSPS chairman Janardhan Reddy, secretary Anita Ramachandran, and member B. Linga Reddy.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also probing money laundering charges in the case. The SIT has reportedly identified financial transactions to the tune of Rs 33.4 lakh in the case.
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