Guwahati: Kumud Rajkhowa, one of the prime accused in the case involving the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) question paper leak surrendered in to the Lakhimpur Police on Friday.
This occurs shortly after Kumud Rajkhowa was requested to turn himself in to the police by Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Pratap Singh.
The Assam DGP, while addressing a press conference on Friday said, “The main accused in the HSLC question paper leak in Upper Assam is Kumud Rajkhowa, a science teacher at Dafalakata Higher Secondary School. Another two accused, Prasanna Das and Pranab Dutta have also been detained.”
The DGP further said, “The supervisor at the Centre received 29 packages but only 28 packages were registered. Kumud Rajkhowa had kept a package aside. That package was handed to Prasanna Dutta. Kumud Rajkhowa had shared the question paper to his school’s WhatsApp group.”
Three people have been arrested earlier on Thursday by the Assam Police’s Crime Department in relation to the HSLC question paper leak, which led to the cancellation of the class 10 general science examination.
It should be noted that just one of the three suspects is under the age of 18, while the other two are adults.
Meanwhile, amid massive controversy over paper leak, the Controller of Examinations of the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), Nayan Jyoti Sarma, on Friday assured that the results for the HSLC examinations will be declared in May itself.