The CID on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in the II PU examination question paper leak case. The exams were held in March-April 2016. The CID has filed the charge sheet against 18 accused in first ACMM court, which is also the special Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) court.
Those chargesheeted are, Kumarswamy alias Kiran, Shivakumaraiah, Eeramallappa, Santosh Parshuram Agasimani, Muralidhar, Manjunath N, Thimmegowda, Nagendra, Anil Kumar U R, Narayan, Obalaraju, Anil Kumar B, Ranganath, Rudrappa, Gangabyraiah, Sujay Arya, Satheesha and D C Santosh. The charge sheet has been filed under various sections of KCOCA, Indian Penal Code, Prevention of Corruption Act and Karnataka Education Act. A senior CID official said KCOCA has been invoked against nine persons as of now.
"We plan to press charges under KCOCA against 11 accused. Muralidhar and Obalaraju have obtained stay on KCOCA charges from the high court. Till the stay is operational, the special court will not take cognisance," a senior official said. The accused under KCOCA are, Kumarswamy alias Kiran, Shivakumaraiah, Eeramallappa, Agasimani, Manjunath, Thimmegowda, Nagendra, Anil Kumar and Narayan.
The charge sheet says the papers were leaked from the Hangal sub-treasury in Haveri district. The kingpin, Shivakumaraiah, his nephew Kumaraswamy and Hangal sub-treasury second division assistant Agasimani, had leaked the papers, which were circulated among other accused.
On March 21, the Chemistry exam was cancelled as the paper was leaked. Within 10 days, re-exam was also cancelled after the paper leaked again. The CID found that all the six papers of II PU were leaked. The probe established that Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Kannada and English papers were leaked on March 9, two days before the exams started.
Those chargesheeted are, Kumarswamy alias Kiran, Shivakumaraiah, Eeramallappa, Santosh Parshuram Agasimani, Muralidhar, Manjunath N, Thimmegowda, Nagendra, Anil Kumar U R, Narayan, Obalaraju, Anil Kumar B, Ranganath, Rudrappa, Gangabyraiah, Sujay Arya, Satheesha and D C Santosh. The charge sheet has been filed under various sections of KCOCA, Indian Penal Code, Prevention of Corruption Act and Karnataka Education Act. A senior CID official said KCOCA has been invoked against nine persons as of now.
"We plan to press charges under KCOCA against 11 accused. Muralidhar and Obalaraju have obtained stay on KCOCA charges from the high court. Till the stay is operational, the special court will not take cognisance," a senior official said. The accused under KCOCA are, Kumarswamy alias Kiran, Shivakumaraiah, Eeramallappa, Agasimani, Manjunath, Thimmegowda, Nagendra, Anil Kumar and Narayan.
The charge sheet says the papers were leaked from the Hangal sub-treasury in Haveri district. The kingpin, Shivakumaraiah, his nephew Kumaraswamy and Hangal sub-treasury second division assistant Agasimani, had leaked the papers, which were circulated among other accused.
On March 21, the Chemistry exam was cancelled as the paper was leaked. Within 10 days, re-exam was also cancelled after the paper leaked again. The CID found that all the six papers of II PU were leaked. The probe established that Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Kannada and English papers were leaked on March 9, two days before the exams started.