Law varsity exam paper leaked, 3 including vice principal arrested

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Cyber Crime Police have arrested three accused who allegedly leaked the question paper of the Karnataka State Law University examination on social media. Nagaraj, the vice-principal of Basava Sri Law College in Kolar district, his car driver and college student Jagadish, and Varun Kumar, a student of a law college in Bangarpet, have been arrested. The questions of the Contract Law-1 question paper scheduled for January 23 by the State Law University went viral on Telegram and WhatsApp groups.

Jagadish had allegedly transferred the questions from the question paper from Nagaraj's mobile phone to his phone. He was accused of leaking them to the examinees and earning money illegally. Varun Kumar, another accused in the case, was a student of a law college in Bangarpet, Kolar district. It is learnt that he had secretly opened the question papers that arrived at the college the day before the examination, copied the questions on his mobile phone and leaked them online for money.

Karnataka Law University Chairman and Vigilance Division-2 officer KN Vishwanath filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Station seeking legal action against those behind the leak. The Cyber Crime Station police, which investigated the case, collected information with the help of technical assistance and arrested the three accused who had leaked the question paper through Telegram groups, said City Police Commissioner B Dayananda.