PATHANAMTHITTA: The Deputy Director of the Education Department has suspended S Santosh, Headmaster of Muttathukonam HSS, who had sent the question paper in a WhatsApp group within an hour of the start of Class 10 Maths examination. He intended to send it to his own school group and accidentally forwarded it to a group with DEO in it. An investigation has been launched into the incident. Deputy Director of Education PK Haridas visited the school and collected evidence.

The question paper was sent to a group of headmasters of the Pathanamthitta education district. There are 126 members in it, including the DEO and the teachers in charge of conducting the SSLC examination. The question paper of the examination which started at 10 am yesterday reached the group at 11 am.