AP SSC Class Paper Leak: TDP P Narayana Bail Cancelled, Asked To Surrender

CHITTOOR: Former minister and Telugu Desam Party leader Ponguru Narayana’s bail granted in connection with the leak of the AP SSC Class 10 question paper by a Chittoor Court of Andhra Pradesh was cancelled on Monday. He was told by the Court to surrender before the Chittoor Police by November 30.

Chittoor One Town Police had filed a petition seeking cancellation of the TDP leader’s bail. A total of eight people were arrested in this case, out of which two were Government teachers and the rest were staff belonging to the Narayana school.

The Chittoor Court in May this year had granted bail to P Narayana in connection with the leak of a Class 10 question paper on April 27. Narayana is the founder of the Narayana Group of Educational institutions which runs over 600 schools and junior colleges in the two Telugu states. The  TDP leader was granted bail on May 11 and was asked to submit two personal sureties of Rs1 lakh each for the bail.

Narayana was arrested on a complaint by a district educational officer on April 27 which said a question paper of the Telugu subject of the Class 10 examination was being circulated in WhatsApp groups by some unknown persons. A case was registered in Chittoor One Town police station under the AP Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair Means) Act, 1997.

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