India, July 24 -- The Uttarakhand Police have arrested an assistant professor of Shivalik College of Engineering in Dehradun for allegedly leaking questions related to a Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU) semester examination, as the state government continued its crackdown on examination malpractice.

According to the police, Ashish Kumar Gupta was arrested after an investigation into the alleged leak of questions linked to the UTU odd-even semester examination held on July 8. Officials said the case was registered at Prem Nagar police station following a complaint by UTU Controller of Examinations Dr Vinay Kumar Patel.

Police said Gupta allegedly shared important examination questions with students through a WhatsApp group before t...