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The Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two Delhi-based 'middlemen' and 48 candidates from Gwalior for allegedly leaking the question paper of a Food Corporation of India (FCI) examination for the post of watchman, an official said.
The FCI's exam for the post of watchman was supposed to be held at various centres in MP on Sunday, 1 April. The aspirants were asked to pay Rs 5 lakh each for the question paper, according to a release issued by the STF.
However, the STF official said she was not sure if the exam was held as scheduled for the advertised post.
The arrested agents were identified as Ashutosh Kumar and Harish Kumar, both residents of Delhi.
The STF seized a handwritten question paper and an answer sheet from the accused.
A case was registered and an investigation was underway, it said.
Notably, there has been a widespread outrage over the CBSE exam paper leaks, prompting the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry to suspend one board official on Sunday and initiate a probe.
The Delhi Police's Crime Branch also arrested three persons, including two teachers of a private school, for their alleged involvement in the leak of the Class 12 CBSE economics paper.
Mounting pressure on the government, the Congress had demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak out on the matter.
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