Mangesh Namdev Laad allegedly leaked the question paper

The city Crime Branch on Friday arrested Mangesh Namdev Laad, the principal of Kandivli's Priyadarshini Vidyamandir School, for his alleged role regards in the SSC Board Algebra paper leak case. The 47-year-old was produced before the court on Saturday afternoon and remanded to custody.

The cops had earlier arrested constable Uday Kadam, the father of the 16-year-old boy who was caught at the exam centre with a leaked question papers - the finding which set the police hot on the trail of the real culprits.

The case dates back to March 12 when the boy was caught copying at Kandivli's YB Chavan School during the exams. The boy, who is a private candidate was frisked and a copy of the Algebra question paper set was found on him. Soon after, he was handed over to the Kandivli police station.

On Saturday, board officials told sunday mid-day that they would let the law take its own course. Laxmikant Pande, chairman of the Mumbai divisional board said, “The boy was a repeat candidate. The police have not informed us of any arrests so far.”