CID arrests A/L student over leaking of chemistry paper

An Advanced Level student had been arrested by the CID in connection with the incident of leaking the A/L Chemistry paper, the Police said.

It was reported the student had sent the questions using a mobile device to the teacher requesting answers for them.

The Police said the student was nabbed following an investigations carried out over a ‘tab’ device found from the tuition master’s house.

The Police said that the investigation officers’ recovered Rs. 900,000 from the tuition master’s house which they suspect the balance money of Rs. 1 million paid by the student’s father, who was said to be a doctor, for giving answers to his son.

However, the Police have still failed to trace the main suspect of the scam, the tuition master, who had fled the area. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)