<p>Three persons, including a woman, were arrested and five more have been detained in connection with leaking of question papers for the written examination of sub-inspectors in Assam Police, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested one person, while two more were nabbed by the Crime Branch of Guwahati Police, they said.</p>.<p>The person arrested by the CID has been identified as Hirakjyoti Barua and he was produced in court, the Assam Police said in a statement.</p>.<p>"The arrested person was a candidate in this examination and had collected the answer sheet and forwarded it. Investigation of the case is under progress," it said.</p>.<p>An Assam Police Spokesperson said two more persons, including a woman employee of the state government, were arrested by the Crime Branch.</p>.<p>"They have been identified as Jugami Brahma from the Irrigation Colony in Guwahati and Kushal Das from Sualkuchi in Kamrup district," he said.</p>.<p>Another senior police officer said five more persons were detained for questioning for their suspected involvement in the case.</p>.<p>"These include the owner of a lodge in the city. We have come to know that a mock test with the leaked question paper took place a day before the scheduled examination at the lodge and many candidates appeared there. We are investigating further," he said.</p>.<p>Police have seized copies of the question paper from the lodge, the officer said.</p>.<p>On September 20, the question paper of the written examination for 597 posts of sub-inspectors in Assam Police got leaked, and the authorities cancelled the test minutes after it had commenced.</p>.<p>Around 66,000 candidates appeared for the written tests across 154 centres in all the districts.</p>.<p>Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB) Chairman Pradeep Kumar to conduct the examination again within a month.</p>.<p>Sonowal also asked the Director General of Police to initiate strict action against the culprits at the earliest. </p>
<p>Three persons, including a woman, were arrested and five more have been detained in connection with leaking of question papers for the written examination of sub-inspectors in Assam Police, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested one person, while two more were nabbed by the Crime Branch of Guwahati Police, they said.</p>.<p>The person arrested by the CID has been identified as Hirakjyoti Barua and he was produced in court, the Assam Police said in a statement.</p>.<p>"The arrested person was a candidate in this examination and had collected the answer sheet and forwarded it. Investigation of the case is under progress," it said.</p>.<p>An Assam Police Spokesperson said two more persons, including a woman employee of the state government, were arrested by the Crime Branch.</p>.<p>"They have been identified as Jugami Brahma from the Irrigation Colony in Guwahati and Kushal Das from Sualkuchi in Kamrup district," he said.</p>.<p>Another senior police officer said five more persons were detained for questioning for their suspected involvement in the case.</p>.<p>"These include the owner of a lodge in the city. We have come to know that a mock test with the leaked question paper took place a day before the scheduled examination at the lodge and many candidates appeared there. We are investigating further," he said.</p>.<p>Police have seized copies of the question paper from the lodge, the officer said.</p>.<p>On September 20, the question paper of the written examination for 597 posts of sub-inspectors in Assam Police got leaked, and the authorities cancelled the test minutes after it had commenced.</p>.<p>Around 66,000 candidates appeared for the written tests across 154 centres in all the districts.</p>.<p>Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB) Chairman Pradeep Kumar to conduct the examination again within a month.</p>.<p>Sonowal also asked the Director General of Police to initiate strict action against the culprits at the earliest. </p>