Univ’s Leaks &loopholes Crime Branch probe reveals the involvement of a third group in leaking the engineering question sets

Univ’s Leaks &loopholes

Crime Branch probe reveals the involvement of a third group in leaking the engineering question sets

The investigations into the Mumbai university engineering question paper leaks have pointed fingers at the involvement of a third group. The Crime Branch officials now suspect the role of another peon of the university in the question paper leak case. The police came to know about the involvement of the third group after questioning one of the peons arrested in the case. Bharat Singh, a temporary peon working with the manuscript department of the Mumbai university, was arrested for leaking the Maths-II and Physics-II papers. Singh told the police that he was not able to sell one of the papers as that paper was already available in the market. Singh had stolen the papers when he was asked to keep the bunch of question papers in the wrack. After stealing the paper, he smartly sealed the envelop. “Singh told us that he wasn’t able to sell one paper as there were no buyers. He told us that the paper was available in the market before he stole them,” said a senior police official. University officials came to know about the leak at the last moment and they set an alternate paper for the exams. “We are trying to find out the third group. We have got circumstantial evidence of the involvement of the third group but we still have to get some proof,” said the officer. The police have caught two groups, who were behind the paper leak. One group is from Karjat where professors of the Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering procured the Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering (BEEE) paper through lab assistants. The second group comprises peons of the Mumbai university, who were involved in leaking Maths-II and Physics-II papers. “Singh opened the envelop within five minutes after it was sealed and he knew that in that time period, it can be opened as gum takes time to dry. After taking the paper from envelop, he again sealed it and kept it in the wrack,” said a police officer. “The papers didn’t have any mention of the subject or the class as there is a decoding system. Singh had an access to the decoding register from where he came to know about the details of the paper,” said the officer. The police are now trying to find out how Singh got an access to that register as it was under the supervision of an assistant registrar.