MAPUSA
According to police sources, one of the three persons was an army man.
Sources disclosed that the Thane Crime Branch Police had received reliable information about the paper leak through the social media platform, WhatsApp.
Based on the information, the Thane police formed four crack teams and sent them to Nagpur, Nasik, Pune and Goa to crack down on the paper leak.
On Saturday night, a team of Thane Crime Branch under the supervision of Police Inspector, Sanjay Sable arrived in Goa after getting information that a group of Maharashtra students were in Anjuna.
Accordingly, the police raided a hotel in Anjuna and found 49 students along with three other persons there.
“We verified the hall tickets of the 49 students who had come to answer their exam in Goa, which was scheduled on Sunday. Three other persons were also present along with them at the hotel,” Anjuna PI Sanjay Dalvi said.
“When the mobile phones of three others were checked, we found that the question paper of the army recruitment exam on their WhatsApp. We detained the three and took them to the police station,” Dalvi informed.
The PI said no student was detained at the Anjuna police station.
“After verifying their identity, they were allowed to answer the exams as we were not sure whether the leaked paper was genuine or bogus,” the PI said.
A Thane Crime Branch team on Sunday nabbed the three accused, Ranjit Jadhav, Vaibhav Wader and Ganesh Narshale and left with them for Thane.
