Two more arrested in TSPSC question paper leak case

Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested two more suspects in connection with the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case, bringing the total number of arrests to 19. According to the sources, Maisaiah and his son Janardhan, both residents of Mahabubnagar, were apprehended by the SIT. It is said that Maisaiah had paid Lavdyavath Dhakya, one of the accused already arrested in the case, Rs 2 lakh for a question paper for the TSPSC assistant engineer recruitment exam. Janardhan had appeared in the exam. Lavdyavath Dhakya, the husband of Renuka, a teacher who got question papers from Praveen Kumar, an employee at TSPSC and the main accused in the case. It is said that Renuka had purchased the question paper for her brother Rajeshwar Nayak, who attended the AE exam. It said that Renuka and Dhakya had sold question papers to other individuals as well. The TSPSC exam paper leak scandal was exposed on March 12, leading to the arrest of 15 accused and the cancellation of the Group 1 preliminary examination, as well as the exams for Assistant Engineers, AEE, and DAO.