India, March 14 -- The Pune city police have revealed that the accused in the alleged Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or class 10 examination paper leak case used a technical feature on the messaging platform, Telegram, to falsely claim that he had access to the question paper before the exam.

The accused, identified as Chaitanya Vinod Shende, 18, was detained from Chandrapur on Friday and brought to Pune for further interrogation. The police initially contacted the accused's father through whom, the accused was traced and detained. During interrogation, the accused disclosed the modus operandi used to mislead students.

Krushikesh Rawale, deputy commissioner of police (zone 1), said, "During interrogation of the accused, it was revea...