Overview
- Bengaluru North Division Cyber Crime police also detained two minor students after the Hindi preparatory paper spread on Instagram, Telegram and YouTube.
- Students were allegedly sold access to the papers for about ₹200–₹500 via private messages, according to police.
- Those arrested include a Tumakuru headmaster and teachers from Kalaburagi and Ramanagara, following a complaint filed by the examination board on January 7.
- Police report no single source for the leak, citing distribution across Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi and Shivamogga.
- A case has been registered under IT Act Section 66(c), and a separate FIR names the YouTube channel NiranjanShetty for posting a paper made to resemble the board’s format, which police say was not authentic.