Telangana: SIT Begins Questioning Three Accused In TSPSC Paper Leak Case

Shameem, Damera Ramesh Kumar, and N Suresh were taken into custody by SIT officials after a court sent them to police custody.

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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana Police probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) question paper leak case on Wednesday began questioning three more accused. 

According to an IANS report, Shameem, Damera Ramesh Kumar, and N Suresh were taken into custody by SIT officials after a court sent them to police custody. Shameem and Ramesh are employees of TSPSC, while Suresh is a former outsourcing employee. They were arrested on March 23, and the police found that they obtained the question paper for Group I prelims from the main accused.
 
The questioning of the trio began a day after the police custody of four accused, including Praveen Kumar and Rajasekhar Reddy, both TSPSC employees, came to an end. The SIT also questioned Lavdyavath Dhakya and Rajeshwar Nayak for three days. The four accused were sent back to jail after they were produced before the court.

A total of 15 people have so far been arrested in the case, which came to light on March 13 with the arrest of nine accused. On Monday, the SIT arrested the 15th accused, Thirupathaiah, who had helped Dhakya find buyers for the Assistant Engineer (Civil) exam paper.

Praveen, who worked as an assistant section officer at TSPSC, and Rajashekar Reddy, a network administrator at TSPSC, allegedly stole exam papers from a computer in a confidential section of the commission and sold it to other accused.

Along with Praveen and Rajasehkar, police had arrested Praveen's friend Renuka, a teacher, and her husband, Lavdyavath Dhakya, who sold the papers to others with the help of Kethavath Srinivas, a police constable from Medchal.

The TSPSC scam came to light on March 12, following which Group 1 preliminary examination, Assistant Engineers, AEE, and DAO exams were cancelled. The TSPSC also postponed the written examination for the posts of town planning and building overseer and veterinary assistant surgeon.

Meanwhile, the TSPSC rescheduled the written examination for the post of horticulture officer, which was originally scheduled to be held on April 4. The exam will now be conducted on June 17.