Bengaluru: With the arrest of Bengaluru-based real estate agent, the number of people arrested in connection with II PU question paper leakage case in 2016 has gone up to 19. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested 58-year-old Narayana S who was on the run for the last nine months.

The CID officials have booked Narayana under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) after his name cropped up during the course of their investigation. According to investigators, Narayana allegedly held two meetings with the alleged kingpin Kumaraswamy, Shivakumaraiah and the other accused at his house and bought the chemistry question paper for his daughter for Rs 13 lakh.

However, after Shivakumaraiah’s arrest, Narayana went underground, said an official. On Saturday, the CID got a tip-off that Narayana would be arriving at the special KCOCA court to seek anticipatory bail.

According to the police, Narayana allegedly sent his daughter to the house of the former BBMP councillor Gangabhairaiah where teachers tutored her and 10 other students. The councillor is one of the accused in the case. The CID officials have taken Narayana in custody for six days.