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In a major development in the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test question paper leak case, the Crime Branch on Sunday arrested Board of Secondary Education (BSE) vice president Nihar Mohanty in connection with the case.

The arrest came after Mohanty was questioned by the probing agency on Saturday. With this development, the total number of arrest mounted to eight.

The investigation has revealed that the question paper leak was facilitated through a data entry operator working with the examination board. The prime accused, Jitan Maharana, a Data Entry Operator, is believed to have played a central role in the leak.

Crime Branch sou...