Mastermind of TNPSC leak held

A man suspected to be the mastermind of the Tamil Nadu Pulic Service Commission (TNPSC) Group II exam paper leak was arrested at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

Srikakulam native Anandarao, who used to work with the Railways in Bubaneswar, Odisha was caught by a special police team camping in Andhra Pradesh for the past week.

Though the police team managed to trace his house in Visakapatnam a few days back, Anandarao got to know that the cops were closing in on him and along with his family, gave them the slip.

However, police traced Anandarao with the help of mobile phone signals and arrested him. They produced Anandrao before a metropolitan court in Visakhaptnam on Wednesday and got a transit warrant to produce him in the Erode JM 2 court on Thursday.  Police were likely to seek his custody for for further inquiry.

Anandarao’s arrest took the number of persons arrested in the case, after the question paper leak first came to light on August 12, to 11, police sources said.

A hunt was launched for Anandarao after three other accused — Balan of Vyasarpadi, Chennai and Thyagarajan and his brother Senthilkumar of Thiruvallur—told police that they got the leaked question paper through Anandarao of AP.

Thyagarajan also alleged that he gave `4 lakh to Anandarao for the paper. It was said that an entire network worked for Anandarao and that they would land up in Chennai whenever such examinations were conducted and leak the question papers in exchange of money.