New Delhi: Though around three dozen students are under the scanner of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Delhi Police Crime Branch, which is investigating the CBSE paper leak, cops have not found traces of money changing hands for exchange of the papers.
Police have till now interrogated 25 people, which includes 11 school students, five college students, five private tutors and two other persons.
However, during interrogation, none of these persons said that money was demanded in exchange of the paper, forcing the police to probe deeper.
The investigating team has found that there is clear evidence that the Maths paper of Class X and Economics paper of Class Xll were readily available and were doing rounds on WhatsApp, days before the exams.
"We have no evidence till now that money was demanded in exchange of the leaked paper at least in the preliminary inquiry," said Special Commissioner of Police RP Upadhyaya.
Since the investigation is still in early stages, cops might not be able to trail the money exchange, suggesting that all those interrogated till now have forwarded the leaked paper on WhatsApp in "good faith".
However, it would be interesting to see whether initially the paper was supplied for money, as the probe progresses.
It also came to light that some coaching institutes gave the paper to their students to solve in advance.
It is still a matter of investigation whether they received it in exchange of money or they really had no idea if the same paper would appear in the final Board exam.
"No clean chit has been given to anyone till now, but it would be premature to name any institute at this stage. We might not share a number of details since it is a sensitive case," said a police officer.