UP Board paper leak: 'Mastermind' behind Class 12 English paper leak held in Balia

Accused sold the solved paper for Rs 25,000-30,000 each and also shared it on message applications for money.

Ballia: Police here has claimed to have solved the Uttar Pradesh state board class 12 English paper leak case with the arrest on Sunday of the alleged master mind of the scam. Nirbhay Narayan Singh, the manager of a private Inter College, leaked the paper, Ballia Police said in a statement.

"Nirbhay Narayan Singh, the manager of Maharaji Devi Smarak Inter College, along with one Rajeev Prajapati, leaked the question paper kept in the college," read the statement.

"The leaked question paper was sent to an English teacher by Prajapati. The English teacher solved the paper and handed it to Nirbhay Narayan Singh," it said. Prajapati, along with the teacher who solved the paper, had been arrested earlier.

Singh sold the solved paper for Rs 25,000-30,000 each, police said. Singh also shared the solved copy to other people using popular messaging applications for money.

"The findings have been corroborated using digital forensics of Nirbhay Narayan's phone and his bank transactions," police said.