India, March 18 -- Fifty question papers of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or class 10 geography examination scheduled on Wednesday were allegedly stolen from the strong room at a school in Sangola town of Solapur district, raising concerns over safety and handling of confidential board examination material.

The theft came to light Tuesday morning when education department officials, along with the custodian, visited the strong room at Sangola Vidya Mandir to dispatch the previous day's examination papers. At around 8.30 am, they found the lock of the strong room broken pointing to a likely break-in during the night. While the strong room is meant for secure storage of SSC board examination papers, preliminary investigation indic...