SSC paper leaks: Brave tutor who blew the whistle

The whistleblower behind the SSC paper leak is none other than a 26yearold tutor who collected evidence through WhatsApp and his students against those running the ring after he was tricked into solving an Algebra paper The tutor smelled a rat on March 11 mdash the day of the Algebra paper mdash after a woman he has known for a few years asked him to solve a paper of the same subjectSpeaking to midday the tutor said On March 11 I received a call from a woman Ive known for the past few years as she used to take classes Shed sent me the algebra paper at 930 am and asked me to solve it quickly and send it back to her I called her to ask what that was about and why she needed the answers that quickly She asked me to not waste my time and help her out once So I solved the paper and sent it back to herAnother favourOn the next day she sent images of a geometry question paper at 10 am and asked for the favour once again I was so shocked I was wondering about how people were getting these papers Immediately I called her and asked where she got it from to which she said These papers are with so many people and students Do not overreact just help me You also pass it on to your students I cut the call and blocked herAfter he got the Geometry paper the tutor got suspicious and got his hands on evidence of Std X students discussing the final exam papersAfter this incident he started searching about the SSC paper leak He added I asked students in my tuition classes whether they were getting such papers Two of them said that their friends were getting them prior to the exam I checked all of their WhatsApp chats where the students were discussing the time the paper would be leaked before the exam I could not understand anything and approached social worker Govindji of Samvad Foundation who later tweeted about the same and informed policeKept going viralHe added For almost four days the board did not respond to the problem and question papers kept going viral before the exams I have kept a record of each question paper at what time children from different schools were getting them how they were learning it by rote just an hour before the exam Some of them even made chits When police approached me I gave them all the information I had after which they immediately filed the FIR DCP Ankit Goel said This person whistleblower has definitely helped us in revealing the scam going on in Bhiwandi So many people knew about this but no one came forward except him We should appreciate such youngstersSeveral people involvedSpeaking about the how the ring operated a police officer said The woman got the paper from main accused Wazir Shaikh for Rs 5000 She wanted this paper to help her nephew pass the SSC exam with good marks With the help of information given by her and the trail of messages we arrested Shaikh and the head of the operation Amber Ansari There are several people involved between them including parentsAnsari who used to get the papers two hours before the exam made the mistake of putting the paper on the dashboard of his car as he photographed it The police team went through several online videos and images of cars and got to know that the car is made by HyundaiThey laid a trap near two exam centres the Padmashree Annasaheb Jadhav school and Konkan Muslim Education Society There they found an Eon car which had the same features as the car seen in the photo They followed the car and nab the accused which turned out to be Ansari Sources said cops are now looking at how much the accused charged for every paper There were differing amounts for all and algebra and geometry were more expensive than othersMarch 11Day the tutor got the Algebra paper that he solved and returned to the senderAlso ReadMumbai Maharashtra Board teachers demand more time to correct 350 SSC exam papersCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates