Imphal, Manipur, March 4 (HBTV): Manipur Police have taken two individuals including a school teacher into custody in connection with the leakage of the High School Leaving Certificate Examination (HSLCE) Social Science question paper, which was allegedly circulated online on February 25.

Both individuals have been remanded to judicial custody.

The arrests were reportedly made based on a complaint filed by the Controller of Examination, Board of Secondary Education of Manipur (BOSEM). The accused have been identified as one Samadram Meghachandra Singh, 46, a Social Science teacher from Haokha Mamang Leikai in Thoubal district, who was also serving as the assistant officer-in-charge of the examination centre; and Yumnam Ranjit Singh, 46, from the same locality, who is said to be the vice-president of the school.

Authorities stated that the two were apprehended on March 1 after the completion of legal procedures. Mobile phones suspected to have been used in the unauthorized distribution of the question paper were also seized from them.

Following their arrest, both were presented before the chief judicial magistrate of Imphal East, after two days in police custody. Although they had applied for bail, their requests were denied by the court, and they were instead placed under judicial custody.