New Delhi,
A CBSE official has been suspended for laxity in supervising an examination centre in connection with the paper leak case and a formal inquiry has been initiated in the matter, the HRD ministry said on Sunday.

Earlier, three persons, including teachers of a private school at Bawana in outer Delhi, were arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police for their suspected roles in the leak of Class XII CBSE economics paper.

Those arrested have been identified as Rishabh (29) and Rohit (26), teachers at a private school in Bawana, and Tauqeer, 26, a tutor at a private coaching centre there, the police said. “On the direction of the HRD Minister, the Board has suspended KS Rana, the official found lax in supervising examination centre (0859). A formal inquiry has been instituted,” School Education Secretary Anil Swarup said.