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Prime suspect in PU paper leak seeks advance bail

Last Updated 09 April 2016, 21:38 IST

Shivakumar Swamy, the prime suspect in the II PU chemistry question paper leak case, has sought anticipatory bail from a local court, a top CID official said.

A CID officer said on Thursday, Swamy’s  advocates applied for anticipatory bail at the sessions court in the city. The bail plea will be heard on Monday.

The, CID which is probing the question paper leak, has obtained vital details about Swamy’s associates who worked with him closely during previous question paper leaks. “They will also be arrested soon. It is suspected that Swamy is hiding somewhere in Pavagad (Tumakuru) or Kerala or in Tamil Nadu, where a few teams have been sent to look out for him,’’ the officer said.

“We have received information that Swamy played a major role in the recent II PU chemistry paper leaks. Once we arrest Swamy, details of the others involved will come to light,” added the officer.

CID sources said they are also preparing a detailed report to be submitted to the government on Monday. The report will also contain precautions to be taken during the Chemistry re-exam, to be held on Tuesday (April 12). “Also, the leaked question paper on both the occasions will be sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to check whether the handwriting on both the leaked question papers are the same. We want to be doubly sure so that we can book them under appropriate sections and give them no chance to escape,” they said. 

Manjunath, Obalaraj, Rudrappa, Satish and Anil, who are already arrested by the CID, have named a few officials. During their interrogation, it was found that several officers from police, revenue, education and public welfare departments were in constant touch with the accused. Summons will be sent to those officials asking them to appear for questioning, said the source.

On Saturday morning, two more persons - Kiran and Dayanand - were arrested from a farm house in Gubbi taluk after their call records were traced. “It was during the interrogation of the arrested that we came across names of these two. We will question them to ascertain their roles,’’ added the source.

The sources revealed that in 2013, the II PU Biology question paper was leaked but a politician had hushed it up saying it would tarnish the government's name. But the politician asked the police to register a case and carry out investigations. “During the investigation, we found that Swamy was the kingpin but pressure from the high and mighty prevented us from naming him as the prime accused,” the source said. When a few officers questioned this, they were threatened with transfers, a constable told CID officials during questioning.

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(Published 09 April 2016, 21:38 IST)

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