<p>A Karnataka minister's Personal Assistant and two others were arrested today in connection with Class 12 Chemistry exam question paper leak last week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first arrest comes four days after the leak of Pre-University Course Chemistry paper for the second time within 10 days that had affected over 1.74 lakh candidates and triggered strong protests from parents and students.<br /><br />"Three persons including PA to Medical Education Minister (Sharan Prakash R Patil) have been arrested in the leak of Chemistry question paper of Class XII," Sonia Narang, DIG of CID which is probing the case, told PTI here.<br /><br />The accused have been identified as Oblaraju, Manjunath and Rudrappa, and were arrested today, she said.<br /><br />"Oblaraju is a government employee and PA to the minister, and Rudrappa is employed as office manager at PWD. Manjunath is a PT teacher, working at Cambridge College. He is also an LIC agent," Narang said.<br /><br />Protests over cancellation of exams had turned violent as a section of agitated students pelted stones which damaged glass windows of the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) building. The paper leak had taken place in two different locations in Karnataka.<br /><br />Earlier, the March 21 Chemistry exam was cancelled and rescheduled for March 31 after a II (second) PU science student alerted the authorities about the paper leak.<br /><br />After the student blew the lid off the paper leak, the state government had handed over the investigation to CID.<br /><br />The issue also had rocked the Assembly, where Opposition BJP members staged a dharna, demanding Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar's resignation.<br /><br />Under fire from all quarters, Ratnakar had said earlier that if there are any more lapses, he would resign.</p>
<p>A Karnataka minister's Personal Assistant and two others were arrested today in connection with Class 12 Chemistry exam question paper leak last week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first arrest comes four days after the leak of Pre-University Course Chemistry paper for the second time within 10 days that had affected over 1.74 lakh candidates and triggered strong protests from parents and students.<br /><br />"Three persons including PA to Medical Education Minister (Sharan Prakash R Patil) have been arrested in the leak of Chemistry question paper of Class XII," Sonia Narang, DIG of CID which is probing the case, told PTI here.<br /><br />The accused have been identified as Oblaraju, Manjunath and Rudrappa, and were arrested today, she said.<br /><br />"Oblaraju is a government employee and PA to the minister, and Rudrappa is employed as office manager at PWD. Manjunath is a PT teacher, working at Cambridge College. He is also an LIC agent," Narang said.<br /><br />Protests over cancellation of exams had turned violent as a section of agitated students pelted stones which damaged glass windows of the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) building. The paper leak had taken place in two different locations in Karnataka.<br /><br />Earlier, the March 21 Chemistry exam was cancelled and rescheduled for March 31 after a II (second) PU science student alerted the authorities about the paper leak.<br /><br />After the student blew the lid off the paper leak, the state government had handed over the investigation to CID.<br /><br />The issue also had rocked the Assembly, where Opposition BJP members staged a dharna, demanding Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar's resignation.<br /><br />Under fire from all quarters, Ratnakar had said earlier that if there are any more lapses, he would resign.</p>