Case file · KPSC · surfaced 15 Jul 2019
Kerala PSC CPO exam fraud: student leaders and a police officer chargesheeted
Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.
A probe that began with an unrelated 2019 campus incident found that activists from a Thiruvananthapuram college had topped the civil police officer exam through exam-hall fraud using smartwatches and earphones, aided by a serving civil police officer who relayed messages during the test. The Crime Branch charge-sheeted six people in April 2023 under forgery, breach-of-trust, conspiracy and cyber-law provisions; the rank-list placements were removed.
- Examination
- Civil Police Officer Recruitment 2019
- Conducting body
- Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC)
- Exam date
- 9 Feb 2019
- Leak date (as documented)
- 9 Feb 2019
- Surfaced
- 15 Jul 2019
- States
- Kerala
- Candidates affected
- not established
- Leak vector
- Exam centre
- Last reviewed
- 11 Jun 2026
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The docket
Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.
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20 Jul 2019
FIR registered · Crime Branch, Kerala Police
Case after the exam fraud surfaced during another investigation.
per: PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists (Onmanorama, 5 Apr 2023)
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1 Aug 2019
Arrest · Crime Branch, Kerala Police
Accused incl. student leaders and a civil police officer arrested over the probe.
per: PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists (Onmanorama, 5 Apr 2023)
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5 Apr 2023
Charge sheet filed · Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate
Charge sheet against six under IPC and cyber-law provisions carrying up to seven years.
per: PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists (Onmanorama, 5 Apr 2023)
What candidates got
| Outcome | Ordered by | Order date | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Results withheld | Kerala PSC | — | Fraudulent rank-list placements removed. |
Sources on file
- Tier 2 · reported PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists — Onmanorama · 5 Apr 2023 [archived]
Status log
Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.
| 15 Jul 2019 | ALLEGED | Allegations surfaced publicly. |
| 20 Jul 2019 | ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED | Case after the exam fraud surfaced during another investigation. |
| 1 Aug 2019 | FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE | Accused incl. student leaders and a civil police officer arrested over the probe. |
| 5 Apr 2023 | ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED | Charge sheet against six under IPC and cyber-law provisions carrying up to seven years. |
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