‘Mediator’ who passed on MPSC exam paper, Rs 5L arrested
Mumbai: The city crime branch probing the MPSC drug inspector exam paper leak case on Monday arrested an alleged mediator who helped pass on a photocopy of the question paper and Rs 5 lakh between the owner of a coaching academy and the father of a candidate. The accused, Mayur Thackeray, was produced in a court and remanded in police custody till Oct 17.
Police said he went on the run right after his name surfaced in the case and hid in Nandurbar, Nashik and Mumbai. He is the 10th accused to be arrested. “Our team had been trailing him. Police are ascertaining how much he made from the deal. The candidate, Rutuja Patil, had secured high marks in the exam. She is in police custody, as are her father, Amrut, and the coaching academy’s owner, Pravin Patil.
On Monday, based on specific intelligence, our team arrested him from Mumbai,” said Raj Tilak Roshan, DCP (crime).