PRAYAGRAJ: UP Particular Activity Power (STF) on Thursday arrested former principal of a Prayagraj college, Parul Solomon, in reference to paper leak of preliminary examination for recruitment of assessment officer/assistant assessment officer (RO/ARO).
STF officers mentioned the previous principal had appointed one of many accused, Arpit Vinit Yashwant, because the centre supervisor on the college, the place the examination was carried out.Yashwant, an worker on the college’s women wing, had leaked the query paper from the centre and despatched it to different accused by way of a preferred messaging app, officers added. He was one of many 4 accused arrested by STF in Lucknow in April this yr.
A senior STF official advised TOI: “Our crew, accompanied by girls cops, arrested the previous principal of Bishop Johnson Ladies’ College after her function in RO/ARO paper leak was ascertained . The ex-principal was arrested when she was summoned for questioning within the case. Police seized two mobiles from her.”
STF has already filed a chargesheet towards 16 accused within the case. Greater than a dozen suspects have been arrested to date. UP Public Service Fee (UPPSC) had carried out the examination on Feb 11, which was cancelled on March 2 following stories of the query paper going viral earlier than the check.
“Yashvant had agreed to leak the paper for a sum of Rs 5 lakh, of which he obtained an advance of Rs 1 lakh,” STF mentioned earlier.
The arrested accused have been charged with dishonest, forgery, and disappearance of proof, amongst different offences, underneath IPC provisions and likewise underneath part 66D of the IT Act.
