The Kadapa police on Saturday nabbed 3 persons accused of attempting to 'leak' the EAMCET question paper in May this year.
The main accused, Gurivi Reddy and two of his accomplices Lokeshwar Reddy and Madhu, were held for masterminding the attempted leak. Gurivi Reddy had taken lakhs of rupees from candidates and masterminded a plot in which microphones were sewn to the shirt collars of the aspirants.
The police had rounded up the aspirants when they appeared to take the EAMCET exam. THey seized Rs. 16,000 in cash, some documents worth Rs. 2 lakhs, and 30 cell phones, from the possession of the accused.