Guntur district police arrested 10 individuals, including a college principal, in connection with the B.Ed question paper leak case. The arrests were made within two days of a case being filed with the Peddakakani police.
According to Guntur Superintendent of Police Satish Kumar, the Perspective in Child Development question paper, scheduled for an afternoon examination, was found circulating on social media at around 1:20 pm on Friday. Upon receiving a complaint from Mannava Subba Rao, the examination coordinator for PG and Professional Courses at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Pedakakani CI T.P. Narayana Swamy initiated an investigation.
The inquiry revealed that four individuals from Odisha were running B.Ed coaching centres, helping students score higher marks by leaking exam papers. These individuals collaborated with Syed Rafeeq Ahmed, the correspondent and director of Sri Vivekananda College of Education in Vinukonda, Palnadu district. Their arrangement involved attracting more students to their coaching centres by guaranteeing high pass percentages. As part of the scheme, they accessed and leaked the question paper before the exam and shared it on social media with contacts in Odisha.
Following a rapid investigation, police arrested all ten accused, including those from Vinukonda and Odisha. The arrested individuals include Syed Rafeeq Ahmed (62) and Dhara Swarna Raj (27) from Vinukonda, and Dupati Suresh Kumar (40) from Nuzendla. The remaining accused, all from Odisha, are Santosh Kumar Sahu (46), Bishnu Prasad Patro (47), Sukanta Behera (45), Purushottam Pradhan (27), Dhiren Kumar Sahu (30), Priyabattra Godai (23), and Milan Trushti (22).
