3 more held in PSC paper leak case

Hyderabad: Special investigation team (SIT) sleuths conducting a probe into Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam question paper leak case arrested three more persons on Thursday. So far, police have arrested 42 accused in the case, One of the offenders is absconding in New Zealand. The arrested persons were Bharath Naik and G Sai Madhu, workers from Hyderabad, and P Rohith Kumar from Warangal for their involvement in the case.According to police, Bharat Naik obtained assistant engineer (civil) question paper from P Ravi Kishore, junior assistant of state government department from Nalgonda district, by paying him Rs 1 lakh. “The deal was made for Rs 3 lakh and Bharat paid Rs 1 lakh as advance,” police said. Rohith Kumar and Sai Madhu also obtained AE (civil) question papers from Ravi Kishore but they have not paid any money. According to SIT sleuths, Ravi Kishore, who has already been arrested, obtained the leaked question paper from Suresh, a friend of the main accused, P Praveen Kumar.