Two arrested for spreading HS exam paper leak hoax

timesofindia.indiatimes.com — March 16, 2025 at 06:01 PM UTC

Two men were arrested in West Bengal for spreading fake news about the leak of question papers for the 2025 Higher Secondary Examination. The arrests followed a complaint from Priyadarshini Mallick, secretary of the WB Council of HS Education. The suspects, Shrimanta Gorai and Alfaz Sheikh, were found to be running a fraud scheme involving a Telegram group. Police seized around 2,500 pre-activated SIM cards and 65 mobile phones, all of which were basic models. Mallick's complaint highlighted that the video’s claims were false, as the actual question papers had security features that did not match the images shown.

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