New Delhi, Aug. 6 (PTI): The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on Sunday night cancelled the Common Profiency Test for admission to the Chartered Accountant's course following a television channel's expose into leakage of the question paper here and set August 26 for fresh examination.

"Today's exam held throughout India has been cancelled after a TV channel sting operation exposed the leak, and the exam will now be held on August 26," ICAI president, Sunil Talti, told PTI.

Nearly 82,000 students appeared at the examination across 209 centres in India and also in Kathmandu and Dubai.

Talti said a high-powered committee has been set up to probe the paper leak and the police will go into the matter.

India TV channel, which conducted the sting operation on Saturday night, claimed in a press release that it had procured the question paper from two middlemen Satish Singh and Sudesh Kumar for Rs 60,000.

Delhi Police registered a FIR in Nazafgarh police station in West Delhi and raided Kumar's residence as well as some other places in that locality.

"Investigations are on and we are waiting for tapes from the television channel," said a Delhi Police officer.