The Mumbai crime branch has found that the origin of the HSC math question paper leak was in Ahmednagar. The Mumbai crime branch arrested five accused including a college principal, two teachers, a member of the college administration, and a driver on Wednesday in the case in Ahmednagar. The police found that the accused got the paper hours before the exam and sold it for Rs 10,000 each.

According to sources, after detaining two minor students, the Mumbai Crime Branch found that the origins of the paper leak were in Ahmednagar, and a team was sent there. The officials found that the math paper was leaked on March 3 at the Matoshri Bhagubai Bambare Agriculture and Science College, and circulated to hundreds of students. “We took the statements of many students who received the question paper on their WhatsApp and made payments to some numbers, which we tracked,” an officer said.