Professor held in Chhattisgarh paper leak case; police personnel say he inserted endoscopic camera in sealed envelope

A professor at a private college in Chhattisgarh ’s Durg district and five students from the same institution were arrested for their alleged roles in the leak of an Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) entomology question paper , police said on Saturday (August 22, 2026).

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Cyber) Smruthik Rajanala told The Hindu that 38-year-old Yogesh Sonkesariya, a professor at Bharti Agriculture College in Durg, had allegedly used an endoscopic camera to capture images of the question papers that he received in a sealed envelope and then shared them with his fellow accused before the exam, which was scheduled to be held on August 20. The officer alleged that the accused were also involved in leaking the question paper of another examination that was scheduled for August 7.