Overview

• Nihar Ranjan Mohanty was taken into custody on August 3 for his alleged role in the leak of the OTET-2025 question paper
• His arrest brings the total number of individuals detained in the case to eight as investigators map out the conspiracy
• Forensic examiners uncovered over 100 after-hours calls between Mohanty and data entry operator Jitan Moharana, who first circulated the handwritten paper
• Authorities traced transfers of around ₹2.4 lakh to Moharana’s account and have opened a targeted probe into the financial trail
• The leak forced cancellation of the July 20 exam, disrupting eligibility tests for more than 75,000 in-service teachers