Nagpur, February 23 A private tutor and his associate were arrested in connection with the suspected leak of Physics and Chemistry question papers for the class 12 exams conducted by the Maharashtra board in Nagpur, police said on Monday.
With the arrest of Mustafa Khan and Munir Khan (42), who runs a teaching academy in the Mominpura area, and his associate Junaid Mohammad Abdul Javed, the number of people held so far has reached four.
Khan and Javed have been remanded in police custody until February 26.
According to police, Khan allegedly shared the Chemistry paper on a WhatsApp group named "Tech 1", and Javed posted the answers. One student, Nishikant Mool, had circulated the leaked content among students in his tuition classes.
The incident came to light on February 18 when a supervisor at the St. Ursula High School examination centre spotted the paper on a student's phone.
Police said technical surveillance helped trace the accused. However, the original source of the leak remains unknown, and further investigation is underway.
