Andhra Pradesh Ex-minister Narayana arrested in Hyderabad

Amaravati: Former minister and owner of Narayana educational institutions Ponguru Narayana was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday morning.

CID police of Andhra Pradesh took him into custody at his residence in Kondapur in Hyderabad in connection with the leakage of Tenth class question papers in Andhra Pradesh. The question papers were leaked from the Narayana school in Chittoor district of AP and already the vice-principal of the school Giridhar and two others were



arrested in the case.

It was said that Narayana, a minister in the previous Telugu Desam Party government, had gone underground for the past four days and switched off even his mobile phones.

Police were shifting Narayana and his wife Ramadevi in the latter’s vehicle to Chittoor, and the staff of Narayana institutions who came to know about this, reached the toll gates on way to Andhra Pradesh.