Bargarh, Jan 31: Police have arrested 12 persons in connection with the leakage of the third-semester question paper of the Political Science examination in the Barpali College in Bargarh district.

The arrestees include 10 students, a college clerk, and a computer shopkeeper.

The question paper was leaked after being photocopied in a computer shop, the owner of which is among those arrested. Some students were caught after the squad came and checked during the examination.

After learning about the question paper leak, the Principal of the college complained to the Barpali police. Later, the police investigation revealed that the question paper came from Naktideul in Sambalpur district.

The police arrested 10 students who bought the question papers and the clerk who sold the question papers to them.

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