Guwahati: Special Investigation Cell (SIC) police arrested one more person in connection with the paper leak of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) assistant engineer examination.
With this, 10 people have so far been arrested in the case, official said on Sunday.
As per the official, the investigation was started after a candidate filed a police complaint on August 29, stating that he suspected that the AE (civil) examination paper was leaked.
Over 400 candidates appeared in the examination that was held on August 26 and 27.
Government officials Binam Jomang and Talung Jomang, and Loth Ezing, a civilian, were arrested in the last week, official added.
Binam is a junior engineer (contractual) in the Panchayati Raj Department at Lekang in Namsai district, while Talung is an agriculture field assistant at Pangin in Siang district. Ezing is a resident of Ruksin in East Siang district. The arrests were made after the case was transferred to the SIC from Itanagar Police on September 27.
However, the state government has recommended a CBI probe into the case.
