Police say the professor filmed a sealed entomology paper with an endoscopic camera and sold copies at ₹11,000 each.

Police say the professor filmed a sealed entomology paper with an endoscopic camera and sold copies at ₹11,000 each. Six people are under arrest. Two more are absconding.

On Saturday, 22 August 2026, a professor of an agriculture college was among six people arrested in the paper-leak of the government-run Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya examination. Police have named Yogesh Sonkesariya, professor at Bharti Agriculture College, Durg, as the alleged mastermind, arrested with five of his students. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Cyber) Smruthik Rajanala has said the case was cracked within 36 hours. Thirty-six hours is a police clock. It is not a conviction. These remain allegations pending trial.

The method alleged is mechanical and specific. Police say the professor inserted an endoscopic camera into a sealed envelope of the B.Sc. (Agriculture) second-year entomology paper, prepared an imitation paper from the video, and sold it to the five students at ₹11,000 each. He had collected papers on 17 August for the 20 August examination. He submitted packets at the college but allegedly took one packet home, punched needle-holes in the seal, and filmed the questions. A preliminary probe, police have said, puts the endoscopic camera purchase at ₹2,500. ₹2,500 is the alleged camera price. ₹11,000 is the alleged sale price per student. This desk will not invent a middleman fee or a larger haul that is not on the card.

The paper went viral on social media. The university learnt of the leak barely two hours before the examination scheduled from 10 am to 1 pm on 20 August. The exam was cancelled and rescheduled to the first week of September. The university lodged a first-information report at Telibandha police station, Raipur. Cancellation two hours before a state-university test is the public disruption. The September week is the make-up window on this card. This desk will not invent a fresh date inside that week.

The five arrested students named on the record are Ajay Nayak, 20; Tridev Patel, 22; Nitin Pandey, 22; Anuj Minz, 22; and Aditya Sahu, 20. Naming a student on an arrest list is an allegation of involvement. It is not a finding of guilt. Two more accused, police say, are absconding. This desk will not invent those two names.

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has confirmed the six arrests and said the investigation is still in progress. A Chief Minister’s confirmation of an arrest count is a public statement. It is not a trial. Progress is the verb he used. Closed is a different verb.

Raipur holds the Telibandha first-information report. Durg holds the college where the professor taught. This desk will not invent a classroom number, a courier receipt, or a social-media handle that circulated the paper. It will not put accused faces on this page.

Until a court writes, the public ledger is a 17 August paper collection, a home filming allegation with needle-holes in a seal, a ₹2,500 endoscopic camera on the preliminary probe, five sales alleged at ₹11,000 each, a viral leak discovered about two hours before a 20 August 10 am–1 pm entomology test, a cancellation and a first-week-of-September reschedule, a Telibandha first-information report, six arrests including a Durg agriculture-college professor named as mastermind, five named students, two absconding accused, a 36-hour crack claim by the crime-and-cyber deputy commissioner, and a Chief Minister who has said the probe continues. A sealed university paper is supposed to stay sealed. The allegation here is that it was filmed at home and sold the morning of the test.