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In a major development in the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test question paper leak case, the Crime Branch on Sunday arrested Board of Secondary Education (BSE) vice president Nihar Mohanty in connection with the case.
The arrest came after Mohanty was questioned by the probing agency on Saturday. With this development, the total number of arrest mounted to eight.
The investigation has revealed that the question paper leak was facilitated through a data entry operator working with the examination board. The prime accused, Jitan Maharana, a Data Entry Operator, is believed to have played a central role in the leak.
Crime Branch sources have confirmed that Rs 2.4 lakh was transferred into Maharana’s account, establishing a clear financial link to the illegal activity.
Notably, the Special OTET-2025, scheduled to be held on July 20 for in-service primary school teachers across the state, was cancelled unexpectedly and postponed indefinitely following a late-night notification.
The announcement followed the recent leak of the special OTET question paper, which led to the postponement of the exam scheduled for July 20.
The abrupt cancellation left over 75,000 candidates in shock and dismay. A total of 75,403 in-service primary teachers had applied for the Special OTET, which was scheduled to be held across 193 centres in 30 districts of the state.
