Jaipur, Feb 19 (PTI) A news channel reporter was arrested on Saturday in connection with the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers-2021 (REET) paper leak case, police said.

Based on interrogation of an accused in the case, Narendra, a gram sevak in Jalore district, the role of reporter Bablu Meena was found in the paper leak, Additional Director General of Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), Ashok Rathore said in a statement.

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Meena hails from Dausa district and has been associated with a news channel for the last 10 years in Jalore, he said.

Police said he had also appeared in the REET exam.

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The SOG has so far arrested 40 people in connection to paper leak incident that occurred in September last year.

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