Question paper leak: 2 teachers of MS Solutions in Crime Branch custody

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Kozhikode: The Crime Branch team investigating the school exam paper leak took two teachers from the private tuition center, MS Solutions, into custody in the early hours of Wednesday. Fahad and Jishnu were detained from Koduvally around 4.30 am. Meanwhile, there is no trace of MS Solutions CEO Muhammad Shuhaib, who has gone into hiding. The Crime Branch has issued a lookout notice against him.
MS Solutions, a tuition centre based in Kozhikode's Koduvally, is facing allegations of leaking question papers for Class 10 and 11 half-yearly examinations through its YouTube channel. Although Shuhaib dismissed the allegations, the Crime Branch, which launched a probe in December, claims that MS Solutions was responsible for the leak. The probe team registered the case against MS Solutions under seven seven charges including fraud and breach of trust.
According to the investigation, question papers prepared for the Class 10 English and Plus One Mathematics exams in public schools were leaked a day before the exams on MS Solutions' YouTube channel. The General Education Department has also confirmed that the question papers were leaked through the same platform.
The YouTube channel, created in 2017, saw a sharp rise in viewership after posting videos predicting questions for quarterly and half-yearly exams. Over two lakh people watched these prediction videos.