Three accused deny links with suspended CBSE official

The three accused arrested in connection with the Class XII Economics paper leak have denied links with KS Rana, the suspended CBSE official. The arrested school teachers Rishabh and Rohit had sent the questions to Tauqeer a tutor at private coaching centre who was also arrested by the police. So far, investigations have revealed that the trio did this for money and not to help "weak students".

KS Rana, the suspended CBSE official was the one responsible for delivering the Economics paper to the Mother Khazani Convent School. The arrested school teachers also belonged to the same school. Investigating officials stated that despite Rishabh and Rohit denying any links with Rana, he would be asked to join the investigation since he was the one responsible for delivering the paper to the school. Rana was suspended by the CBSE on Sunday night.

The police also questioned the principal of the Mother Khazani Convent School for around two-and-a-half hours on Monday. It is the responsibility of the principal to ensure that the teachers don't open the papers before time. The school principal is likely to be called for questioning again.       

The paper was delivered before time and the teachers Rishabh and Rohit managed to share the questions with their associate Tauqeer. "So far the accused persons have denied any links with Rana but we can not go by what they are saying. Rana would be called for questioning to check if he had purposely delivered it early or if any common link is there," said a senior police official.

The paper was shared with the students on WhatsApp groups.

The Delhi Police have lodged two cases over the leaks of the CBSE question papers.The first case related to the leak of Economics question paper was lodged on March 27, while the other pertaining to the leak of Mathematics paper was lodged on March 28, following a complaint by the CBSE's regional director.