Assam police on Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with Sunday’s question paper leak leading to the cancellation of the statewide recruitment examination for 597 posts of sub-inspectors in the Assam police.

While CID sleuths arrested one Hirakjyoti Barua, a candidate who had allegedly collected the answersheet and had forwarded it on social media, the crime branch of the city police arrested Jugami Brahma and Kushal Das.

The crime branch and the CID have conducted raids in the residence of P.K. Dutta, an ex-DIG and in many hotels owned by his family and several other places in and around the state capital, adds PTI.

Three persons, including a woman employee of the state government, have been arrested and five others, one from the Special Task Force (STF), have been detained in connection with the leaking of the question paper for unarmed police sub-inspector's post, officials said on Wednesday.

Four more have been picked up for questioning from a hotel here for questioning, sources said, adding the “picture will become clear by tomorrow”.