{ "generated": "2026-06-11", "incidents": [ { "slug": "neet-ug-2026", "title": "NEET-UG 2026 'guess paper' leak and nationwide cancellation", "exam_date": "2026-05-03", "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2026-05-04", "candidates_affected": 2270000, "summary": "NEET-UG 2026, written by about 22.7 lakh aspirants on 3 May 2026, was cancelled by the NTA on 12 May after Rajasthan Police's Special Operations Group found that 100+ biology and chemistry questions from a pre-circulated 'guess paper' of 400+ questions matched the actual paper. A Sikar chemistry teacher reported the overlap. Arrests followed in Jaipur, and 45 people were detained in Latur and Nashik. The CBI took over on 12 May. A nationwide re-examination was scheduled for 21 June 2026.", "leak_vector": "coaching_nexus", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2026-05-15", "states": [ "Rajasthan", "Maharashtra", "Pan-India" ], "body": "NTA", "body_name": "National Testing Agency", "exam": "NEET-UG 2026", "purpose": "university_entrance", "status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 27, "fir_date": "2026-05-08", "year": 2026, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "'Over 100 matching questions': Rajasthan 'guess paper' clue blows open NEET-UG 2026 scandal", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/guess-paper-with-over-100-matching-questions-how-rajasthan-clue-led-to-cancellation-of-neet-ug-2026-exam-complete-timeline/amp_articleshow/131032763.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/guess-paper-with-over-100-matching-questions-how-rajasthan-clue-led-to-cancellation-of-neet-ug-2026-exam-complete-timeline/amp_articleshow/131032763.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-05-12" }, { "key": "s_ht", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "NEET-UG 2026 cancelled, govt orders CBI inquiry into allegations", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/neetug-2026-cancelled-govt-orders-cbi-inquiry-into-allegations-101778569755695.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/neetug-2026-cancelled-govt-orders-cbi-inquiry-into-allegations-101778569755695.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-05-12" }, { "key": "s_it", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "NEET-UG 2026: CBI probe, arrests, re-exam updates", "publisher": "India Today", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/neet-ug-2026-live-cbi-probe-arrests-re-exam-updates-and-all-latest-developments-2913323-2026-05-18", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/neet-ug-2026-live-cbi-probe-arrests-re-exam-updates-and-all-latest-developments-2913323-2026-05-18", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-05-18" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2026-05-08", "court_or_agency": "Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police", "description": "SOG registered a case after finding striking similarities between circulated material and the actual paper.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2026-05-10", "court_or_agency": "SOG, Jaipur / Maharashtra Police, Latur-Nashik", "description": "Arrests in Jaipur; 45 persons detained in Latur and Nashik in connection with the circulation trail.", "source": "s_it" }, { "action_type": "CASE_TRANSFERRED", "action_date": "2026-05-12", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "Centre handed the multi-state probe to the CBI on the day of cancellation.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2026-05-12", "court_or_agency": "National Testing Agency", "description": "NTA cancelled the 3 May examination citing evidence of significant overlap with pre-circulated material.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "RE_EXAM_ORDERED", "action_date": "2026-05-15", "court_or_agency": "National Testing Agency", "description": "Re-examination announced for 21 June 2026; application fees to be refunded.", "source": "s_it" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "National Testing Agency", "order_date": "2026-05-12", "source": "s_toi" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_ordered", "ordered_by": "National Testing Agency", "order_date": "2026-05-15", "execution_date": "2026-06-21", "scope": "Nationwide re-test scheduled for 21 June 2026.", "source": "s_it" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2026-05-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2026-05-08", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "SOG registered a case after finding striking similarities between circulated material and the actual paper.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2026-05-10", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Arrests in Jaipur; 45 persons detained in Latur and Nashik in connection with the circulation trail.", "source": "s_it" } ] }, { "slug": "rsmssb-jen-2021-retest", "title": "Rajasthan JEn 2020 retest (Sept 2021) found compromised", "exam_date": null, "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2026-01-19", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "The Junior Engineer (Civil) 2020 recruitment exam was cancelled over a leak and re-conducted in September 2021. In January 2026, Rajasthan SOG disclosed that the retest itself had been compromised: an assistant engineer of the PWD, who secured the 12th rank in the retest and was later promoted, was arrested and is alleged to have used a leaked paper and played a role in the leak network. The SOG registered a fresh FIR on 19 January 2026.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2026-01-29", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "RSMSSB", "body_name": "Rajasthan Staff Selection Board", "exam": "Junior Engineer (Civil) 2020 — Sept 2021 retest", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 133, "fir_date": "2026-01-19", "year": 2026, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Jr engineer retest: paper leaked a 2nd time, SOG arrests PWD official", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jr-engineer-retest-paper-leaked-a2nd-time-sog-arrests-pwd-official/articleshow/127785028.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jr-engineer-retest-paper-leaked-a2nd-time-sog-arrests-pwd-official/articleshow/127785028.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-01-30" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2026-01-19", "court_or_agency": "Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police", "description": "Fresh FIR after evidence emerged that the September 2021 retest was also compromised.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2026-01-29", "court_or_agency": "SOG, Jaipur", "description": "A PWD assistant engineer posted in Barmer arrested; alleged beneficiary and participant in the leak racket.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2026-01-19", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2026-01-19", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Fresh FIR after evidence emerged that the September 2021 retest was also compromised.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2026-01-29", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "A PWD assistant engineer posted in Barmer arrested; alleged beneficiary and participant in the leak racket.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "bpsc-70th-cce-2024", "title": "BPSC 70th CCE prelims: leak alleged at Patna centre; one-centre re-test", "exam_date": "2024-12-13", "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2024-12-13", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "At Bapu Pariksha Bhavan in Patna, the 70th BPSC prelims of 13 December 2024 descended into disruption, with candidates alleging delayed distribution and a leak. BPSC attributed the disruption to a deliberate ruckus by 'miscreants', identified 30–40 people for debarment, and ordered a re-test for that centre's roughly 12,000 candidates, held on 4 January 2025. Two FIRs were registered. Statewide cancellation demands were declined; protests continued for weeks.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-12-16", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "body": "BPSC", "body_name": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "exam": "70th Integrated CCE (Preliminary) 2024", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "FIR_REGISTERED", "documented_status": "FIR_REGISTERED", "days_since_movement": 542, "fir_date": "2024-12-15", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "BPSC 70th CCE: exam in Patna's centre cancelled, re-exam in January", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/education/bpsc-70th-cce-exam-in-patnas-centre-cancelled-re-exam-in-january-second-week-9729266", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/education/bpsc-70th-cce-exam-in-patnas-centre-cancelled-re-exam-in-january-second-week-9729266", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-12-17" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-12-15", "court_or_agency": "Patna District Police", "description": "Two FIRs registered in connection with the disruption at the Bapu Pariksha Bhavan centre.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2024-12-16", "court_or_agency": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "description": "Exam at the single Patna centre cancelled after CCTV review; re-test ordered for that centre only.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "BPSC", "order_date": "2024-12-16", "execution_date": "2025-01-04", "scope": "Re-test for the one affected centre held on 4 January 2025.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-12-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2024-12-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Two FIRs registered in connection with the disruption at the Bapu Pariksha Bhavan centre.", "source": "s_ie" } ] }, { "slug": "cgpsc-cce-2021", "title": "CGPSC 2021 scam: CBI alleges prior access to papers for connected candidates", "exam_date": null, "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2024-07-15", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "The CBI's probe into the CGPSC 2021 recruitment alleges systematic manipulation: a coaching operator with prior access to question papers ran targeted preparation sessions at a Mahasamund hotel days before the mains, helping relatives of senior officials and business families secure top ranks. The agency's final charge sheet of about 400 pages, filed in January 2026, names 29 accused including a former commission chairman; 12 were in jail and one absconding at filing.", "leak_vector": "coaching_nexus", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2026-01-02", "states": [ "Chhattisgarh" ], "body": "CGPSC", "body_name": "Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission", "exam": "State Service (CCE) 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 160, "fir_date": "2024-07-15", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_it", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Chhattisgarh civil services exam scam: CBI names 29 accused, final chargesheet filed", "publisher": "India Today", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chhattisgarh-civil-services-exam-scam-cbi-names-29-accused-final-chargesheet-filed-cgpsc-2846038-2026-01-03", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chhattisgarh-civil-services-exam-scam-cbi-names-29-accused-final-chargesheet-filed-cgpsc-2846038-2026-01-03", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-01-03" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-07-15", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "CBI registered the case on the state government's reference alleging manipulation of the 2021 recruitment.", "source": "s_it" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-11-18", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "Former commission chairman and a businessman among those arrested as the probe progressed.", "source": "s_it" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2026-01-02", "court_or_agency": "Special Court (CBI), Raipur", "description": "Final charge sheet (~400 pages) naming 29 accused; 12 in custody, one absconding.", "source": "s_it" } ], "re_exams": [], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-07-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2024-07-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "CBI registered the case on the state government's reference alleging manipulation of the 2021 recruitment.", "source": "s_it" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2024-11-18", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Former commission chairman and a businessman among those arrested as the probe progressed.", "source": "s_it" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2026-01-02", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Final charge sheet (~400 pages) naming 29 accused; 12 in custody, one absconding.", "source": "s_it" } ] }, { "slug": "ugc-net-2024", "title": "UGC-NET June 2024: cancelled on darknet alert; CBI found no leak", "exam_date": "2024-06-18", "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2024-06-19", "candidates_affected": 908000, "summary": "The Education Ministry cancelled UGC-NET on 19 June 2024, a day after it was held, citing I4C inputs that the paper was on the darknet and being sold on Telegram. The CBI investigated and concluded the 'leaked' image was a doctored screenshot with a manipulated timestamp, circulated by a student. A closure report recording no evidence of a leak was filed before a special court on 30 January 2025. The exam was re-conducted in August–September 2024. This entry stands as a documented false-alarm benchmark.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2025-01-30", "states": [ "Pan-India" ], "body": "NTA", "body_name": "National Testing Agency", "exam": "UGC-NET June 2024", "purpose": "professional_licence", "status": "CLOSURE_REPORT", "documented_status": "CLOSURE_REPORT", "days_since_movement": 497, "fir_date": "2024-06-20", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_et", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "CBI files closure report in UGC-NET paper leak case", "publisher": "The Economic Times (ET Education)", "url": "https://education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/cbi-files-closure-report-in-ugc-net-paper-leak-case/117779022", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/cbi-files-closure-report-in-ugc-net-paper-leak-case/117779022", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2025-01-31" }, { "key": "s_ht", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "CBI closes probe in UGC-NET suspected paper leak case", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cbi-closes-probe-in-ugc-net-suspected-paper-leak-case-101738227353730.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cbi-closes-probe-in-ugc-net-suspected-paper-leak-case-101738227353730.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2025-01-30" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2024-06-19", "court_or_agency": "Ministry of Education", "description": "Exam cancelled on I4C inputs that integrity 'may have been compromised'.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-06-20", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "Probe handed to CBI; forensic experts later found the screenshot was doctored.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "CLOSURE_REPORT_FILED", "action_date": "2025-01-30", "court_or_agency": "Special CBI Court, Delhi", "description": "Closure report: no evidence of paper leak; doctored screenshot circulated by a student to make money.", "source": "s_et" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Ministry of Education", "order_date": "2024-06-19", "source": "s_et" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "NTA", "scope": "Re-conducted in CBT mode in August–September 2024.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-06-19", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2024-06-20", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Probe handed to CBI; forensic experts later found the screenshot was doctored.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "CLOSURE_REPORT", "date": "2025-01-30", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Closure report: no evidence of paper leak; doctored screenshot circulated by a student to make money.", "source": "s_et" } ] }, { "slug": "neet-ug-2024", "title": "NEET-UG 2024 paper theft (Hazaribagh–Patna)", "exam_date": "2024-05-05", "leak_date": "2024-05-05", "surfaced_date": "2024-05-05", "candidates_affected": 2406000, "summary": "Hours before NEET-UG 2024, Patna police acted on a tip-off and arrested 13 people including four examinees who had allegedly paid Rs 30–50 lakh for the paper. CBI later traced burnt question-paper scraps to a school in Hazaribagh, where the paper was photographed inside the strongroom on exam morning and circulated to solver groups. The Supreme Court found 155 identified beneficiaries but declined a nationwide re-test. Three CBI charge sheets were filed against 40 accused by October 2024; about 49 persons were arrested.", "leak_vector": "strongroom", "confidence": "A", "verification_status": "reviewer_approved", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2025-04-25", "states": [ "Bihar", "Jharkhand", "Gujarat" ], "body": "NTA", "body_name": "National Testing Agency", "exam": "NEET-UG 2024", "purpose": "university_entrance", "status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 412, "fir_date": "2024-05-05", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_sc", "source_type": "court_order", "title": "Judgment, Vanshika Yadav v. Union of India & Ors. (NEET-UG 2024)", "publisher": "Supreme Court of India", "tier": 1, "document_number": "W.P. (C) No. 335 of 2024", "document_date": "2024-08-02" }, { "key": "s_cbi", "source_type": "official_press_release", "title": "CBI press release: charge sheet filed in NEET (UG) 2024 paper leak case", "publisher": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "tier": 1, "document_date": "2024-08-01" }, { "key": "s_ani", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "NEET UG-2024 paper leak case: CBI files third chargesheet against 21 accused", "publisher": "ANI", "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/neet-ug-2024-paper-leak-case-cbi-files-third-chargesheet-against-21-accused20241007231215/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/neet-ug-2024-paper-leak-case-cbi-files-third-chargesheet-against-21-accused20241007231215/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-10-07" }, { "key": "s_et", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "ED raids multiple states in 2023 Bihar constable recruitment scam probe", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ed-raids-multiple-states-in-2023-bihar-constable-recruitment-scam-probe/printarticle/121950764.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ed-raids-multiple-states-in-2023-bihar-constable-recruitment-scam-probe/printarticle/121950764.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2025-06-19" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-05-05", "court_or_agency": "Shastri Nagar PS, Patna", "description": "FIR under IPC 407/408/409/120B on a whistle-blower tip-off hours before the exam.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "Patna FIR No. 358/2024" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-05-06", "court_or_agency": "Patna Police", "description": "13 persons including four examinees arrested in the first days; candidates confirmed receiving the paper in advance.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "Patna FIR No. 358/2024" }, { "action_type": "CASE_TRANSFERRED", "action_date": "2024-05-11", "court_or_agency": "Economic Offences Unit, Bihar Police", "description": "EOU took over after organised inter-state gangs were identified.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "Patna FIR No. 358/2024 (transferred)" }, { "action_type": "CASE_TRANSFERRED", "action_date": "2024-06-23", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "CBI registered its own case on a Ministry of Education reference and took over the multi-state probe.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "CBI RC, June 2024" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2024-07-23", "court_or_agency": "Supreme Court of India", "description": "Court recorded that 155 students directly benefited but found no systemic failure; nationwide re-examination declined.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "W.P. (C) No. 335 of 2024" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2024-08-01", "court_or_agency": "Spl. Judge (CBI), Patna", "description": "First charge sheet against 13 accused, including the centre city-coordinator and centre superintendent, under IPC and PC Act provisions.", "source": "s_cbi", "case_identifier": "CBI charge sheet no. 1 (13 accused)" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2024-10-07", "court_or_agency": "Spl. Judge (CBI), Patna", "description": "Third charge sheet against 21 accused; 5,500+ pages, 298 witnesses, 290 documents; 49 arrests in total.", "source": "s_ani", "case_identifier": "CBI charge sheet no. 3 (21 accused)" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2025-04-25", "court_or_agency": "EOU / CBI, Patna", "description": "Long-absconding prime organiser of the leak network arrested; in judicial custody as of June 2025.", "source": "s_et", "case_identifier": "EOU/CBI cases, Patna" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "Supreme Court of India / NTA", "order_date": "2024-06-13", "execution_date": "2024-06-23", "scope": "Limited re-test for 1,563 grace-mark-affected candidates; nationwide re-exam declined by the Supreme Court on 23.07.2024.", "source": "s_sc" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-05-05", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2024-05-05", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR under IPC 407/408/409/120B on a whistle-blower tip-off hours before the exam.", "source": "s_sc" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2024-05-06", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "13 persons including four examinees arrested in the first days; candidates confirmed receiving the paper in advance.", "source": "s_sc" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2024-08-01", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "First charge sheet against 13 accused, including the centre city-coordinator and centre superintendent, under IPC and PC Act provisions.", "source": "s_cbi" } ] }, { "slug": "bpsc-tre3-2024", "title": "BPSC TRE-3.0 leak: papers reached gangs before exam; both shifts cancelled", "exam_date": "2024-03-15", "leak_date": "2024-03-14", "surfaced_date": "2024-03-15", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Bihar's Economic Offences Unit, acting on 13 March 2024 intelligence about a syndicate spanning Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, raided Hotel Kohinoor in Hazaribagh and found candidates being made to memorise answer keys before the 15 March TRE-3.0 exam, at a reported Rs 10 lakh per candidate. BPSC cancelled both shifts on 20 March on the SIT's preliminary findings. 266 people including 88 women had been arrested by then. The exam was re-conducted in July 2024.", "leak_vector": "transport", "confidence": "A", "verification_status": "reviewer_approved", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-03-20", "states": [ "Bihar", "Jharkhand" ], "body": "BPSC", "body_name": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "exam": "Teacher Recruitment Exam TRE-3.0 (2024)", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 813, "fir_date": "2024-03-16", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_bpsc", "source_type": "official_press_release", "title": "BPSC notice: cancellation of TRE-3.0 examination of 15.03.2024", "publisher": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "tier": 1, "document_date": "2024-03-20" }, { "key": "s_it", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "BPSC TRE 3.0 exam cancelled for both shifts due to paper leak", "publisher": "India Today", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/bpsc-tre-30-exam-cancelled-due-to-paper-leak-new-exam-dates-soon-2517287-2024-03-20", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/bpsc-tre-30-exam-cancelled-due-to-paper-leak-new-exam-dates-soon-2517287-2024-03-20", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-20" }, { "key": "s_c360", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "BPSC TRE 3.0 exam cancelled due to paper leak; re-exam dates announced soon", "publisher": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-tre-30-exam-cancelled-due-paper-leak-re-exam-dates-announced-soon-latest-news", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-tre-30-exam-cancelled-due-paper-leak-re-exam-dates-announced-soon-latest-news", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-20" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-03-15", "court_or_agency": "EOU SIT, Bihar Police / Hazaribagh Police", "description": "Raids at Hotel Kohinoor, Barahi (Hazaribagh); 270+ candidates and operators questioned; question-paper sets and answer keys recovered. 266 arrests by 20 March.", "source": "s_it", "case_identifier": "EOU PS Case, Patna (March 2024)" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-03-16", "court_or_agency": "Economic Offences Unit, Patna", "description": "Case under IPC 420/467/468/471/120B, Bihar Examination Control Act and IT Act.", "source": "s_it", "case_identifier": "EOU PS Case, Patna (March 2024)" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2024-03-20", "court_or_agency": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "description": "Both shifts of TRE-3.0 cancelled on the EOU's preliminary findings that papers reached an organised gang before the exam.", "source": "s_bpsc", "case_identifier": "BPSC notice dt. 20.03.2024" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "BPSC", "order_date": "2024-03-20", "source": "s_bpsc" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "BPSC", "order_date": "2024-03-20", "scope": "TRE-3.0 re-conducted in July 2024.", "source": "s_c360" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-03-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2024-03-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Raids at Hotel Kohinoor, Barahi (Hazaribagh); 270+ candidates and operators questioned; question-paper sets and answer keys recovered. 266 arrests by 20 March.", "source": "s_it" } ] }, { "slug": "rajasthan-si-2021", "title": "Rajasthan SI 2021: topper among trainee SIs held; HC scrapped the exam", "exam_date": "2021-09-13", "leak_date": "2021-09-13", "surfaced_date": "2024-03-04", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Rajasthan's 2021 SI recruitment exam was leaked from a Jaipur centre, with the paper sold for about Rs 20 lakh. The fraud surfaced in March 2024 when the SOG detained 15 trainee sub-inspectors — including the exam topper — at the Rajasthan Police Academy; the probe estimated about 25 of 670 trainees had cleared the exam fraudulently. On 28 August 2025 the High Court cancelled the entire recruitment ('fraud vitiates everything'); a division bench upheld the cancellation on 4 April 2026 and directed a new legal framework for transparent recruitment.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "B", "verification_status": "reviewer_approved", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2026-04-04", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "RPSC", "body_name": "Rajasthan Public Service Commission", "exam": "Sub-Inspector / Platoon Commander Recruitment 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 68, "fir_date": "2024-02-29", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_hc1", "source_type": "court_order", "title": "Judgment cancelling SI Recruitment 2021 (single bench, Jain J.)", "publisher": "Rajasthan High Court", "tier": 1, "document_number": "S.B. Civil Writs (SI Recruitment 2021), judgment dt. 28.08.2025", "document_date": "2025-08-28" }, { "key": "s_hc2", "source_type": "court_order", "title": "Division bench judgment upholding cancellation", "publisher": "Rajasthan High Court", "tier": 1, "document_number": "D.B. Special Appeals (SI Recruitment 2021), judgment dt. 04.04.2026", "document_date": "2026-04-04" }, { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "15 trainee Rajasthan police sub-inspectors detained in recruitment exam scam", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/15-trainee-rajasthan-sis-detained-in-recruitment-exam-scam/articleshow/108221625.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/15-trainee-rajasthan-sis-detained-in-recruitment-exam-scam/articleshow/108221625.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-04" }, { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Rajasthan HC cancels 2021 SI recruitment exam over paper leak — 'fraud vitiates everything'", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-hc-2021-si-recruitment-exam-paper-leak-allegations-10216055/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-hc-2021-si-recruitment-exam-paper-leak-allegations-10216055/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2025-08-29" }, { "key": "s_toi2", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Rajasthan High Court upholds cancellation of 2021 SI recruitment exam", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/legal/news/rajasthan-high-court-upholds-cancellation-of-2021-si-recruitment-exam/articleshow/130021701.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/legal/news/rajasthan-high-court-upholds-cancellation-of-2021-si-recruitment-exam/articleshow/130021701.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-04-04" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-02-29", "court_or_agency": "Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police", "description": "FIR after verification that a gang leaked and solved the 2021 SI paper for candidates.", "source": "s_toi", "case_identifier": "SOG FIR, Jaipur (2024)" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-03-04", "court_or_agency": "SOG, Rajasthan Police", "description": "15 trainee SIs including the topper detained at the Rajasthan Police Academy and a training school.", "source": "s_toi", "case_identifier": "SOG FIR, Jaipur (2024)" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2025-08-28", "court_or_agency": "Rajasthan High Court", "description": "Single bench cancelled the entire 2021 SI recruitment: 'fraud vitiates everything'.", "source": "s_hc1", "case_identifier": "S.B. judgment dt. 28.08.2025" }, { "action_type": "APPEAL_DECIDED", "action_date": "2026-04-04", "court_or_agency": "Rajasthan High Court (Division Bench)", "description": "Cancellation upheld; appeals by the state and selected candidates dismissed; suo motu action against commission members set aside.", "source": "s_hc2", "case_identifier": "D.B. judgment dt. 04.04.2026" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Rajasthan High Court", "order_date": "2025-08-28", "scope": "Entire recruitment cancelled by court.", "source": "s_hc1" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-03-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2024-02-29", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR after verification that a gang leaked and solved the 2021 SI paper for candidates.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2024-03-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "15 trainee SIs including the topper detained at the Rajasthan Police Academy and a training school.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "up-police-constable-2024", "title": "UP Police constable exam leak: 48 lakh candidates, exam scrapped", "exam_date": "2024-02-17", "leak_date": "2024-02-17", "surfaced_date": "2024-02-18", "candidates_affected": 4800000, "summary": "More than 48 lakh candidates wrote the UP Police constable recruitment exam on 17–18 February 2024 for 60,244 posts. After question papers circulated before the test, the state government cancelled the exam on 24 February, ordered an STF probe and FIRs, and promised a re-test within six months with free bus travel for candidates. Over 240 people had been arrested or detained across the state for using or planning unfair means. The re-exam was held in August 2024.", "leak_vector": "transport", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-02-25", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "UPPRPB", "body_name": "U.P. Police Recruitment & Promotion Board", "exam": "Police Constable Recruitment 2023-24", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 837, "fir_date": "2024-02-25", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ndtv", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UP cancels police constable recruitment exam, orders re-test in 6 months", "publisher": "NDTV", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/up-cancels-police-constable-recruitment-exam-after-paper-leak-allegations-5118905", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/up-cancels-police-constable-recruitment-exam-after-paper-leak-allegations-5118905", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-02-24" }, { "key": "s_it", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UP Police constable recruitment exam cancelled days after paper leak", "publisher": "India Today", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/education/story/uttar-pradesh-police-constable-recruitment-exam-cancelled-after-paper-leak-re-examination-in-6-months-2506566-2024-02-24", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.indiatoday.in/education/story/uttar-pradesh-police-constable-recruitment-exam-cancelled-after-paper-leak-re-examination-in-6-months-2506566-2024-02-24", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-02-24" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-02-23", "court_or_agency": "UP Police (districts)", "description": "240+ persons arrested or detained across districts for adopting or planning unfair means.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2024-02-24", "court_or_agency": "Government of Uttar Pradesh", "description": "Exam cancelled; recruitment board directed to register FIRs at the level where laxity occurred; STF probe ordered.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-02-25", "court_or_agency": "UPPRPB / district police", "description": "FIRs registered on government direction; STF took up the leak investigation.", "source": "s_it" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of Uttar Pradesh", "order_date": "2024-02-24", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "Government of Uttar Pradesh", "order_date": "2024-02-24", "execution_date": "2024-08-23", "scope": "Re-examination conducted on 23–31 August 2024.", "source": "s_it" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-02-18", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2024-02-23", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "240+ persons arrested or detained across districts for adopting or planning unfair means.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ] }, { "slug": "uppsc-ro-aro-2024", "title": "UPPSC RO/ARO 2024 prelims cancelled over leak", "exam_date": "2024-02-11", "leak_date": "2024-02-11", "surfaced_date": "2024-02-12", "candidates_affected": 1076000, "summary": "The UPPSC Review Officer / Assistant Review Officer preliminary exam of 11 February 2024 (411 posts, about 10.8 lakh candidates) was cancelled on 2 March 2024 after paper-leak allegations spread on social media and candidates protested. The Chief Minister ordered cancellation on the Commission's report, a re-exam within six months, and an STF investigation to identify and prosecute those involved. The re-examination was eventually conducted in July 2025.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-03-04", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "UPPSC", "body_name": "U.P. Public Service Commission", "exam": "RO/ARO (Preliminary) Examination 2023", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "FIR_REGISTERED", "days_since_movement": 829, "fir_date": "2024-03-04", "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UPPSC RO, ARO exam cancelled amidst leaks, CM orders probe", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/uppsc-ro-aro-exam-cancelled-amidst-leaks-yogi-adityanath-orders-probe/articleshow/108172953.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/uppsc-ro-aro-exam-cancelled-amidst-leaks-yogi-adityanath-orders-probe/articleshow/108172953.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-02" }, { "key": "s_rep", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UPPSC RO, ARO exams cancelled over alleged paper leak", "publisher": "Republic World", "url": "https://www.republicworld.com/education/uppsc-ro-aro-exams-cancelled-over-alleged-paper-leak-re-exam-to-be-held-in-august", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.republicworld.com/education/uppsc-ro-aro-exams-cancelled-over-alleged-paper-leak-re-exam-to-be-held-in-august", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-03" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2024-03-02", "court_or_agency": "Government of Uttar Pradesh / UPPSC", "description": "Exam cancelled on the Commission's report; STF probe ordered.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2024-03-04", "court_or_agency": "Special Task Force, UP Police", "description": "STF investigation registered to identify and prosecute individuals involved in the leak.", "source": "s_rep" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of Uttar Pradesh", "order_date": "2024-03-02", "source": "s_toi" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "UPPSC", "scope": "Re-examination conducted in July 2025.", "source": "s_rep" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-02-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2024-03-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "STF investigation registered to identify and prosecute individuals involved in the leak.", "source": "s_rep" } ] }, { "slug": "jssc-cgl-2024", "title": "JSSC CGL 2024: third-shift GK paper leaked; shift cancelled", "exam_date": "2024-01-28", "leak_date": "2024-01-28", "surfaced_date": "2024-01-28", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "During the JSSC-CGL exam of 28 January 2024, candidates reported that much of the General Knowledge/General Studies paper — reportedly about 70 questions with answers — circulated hours before the third shift. After protests in Ranchi and other districts, JSSC cancelled the third-shift examination by a late-night notification; the exam was subsequently re-conducted in September 2024 amid continuing disputes over the process.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-01-28", "states": [ "Jharkhand" ], "body": "JSSC", "body_name": "Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "JSSC-CGL (General Graduate Level) 2023", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "ALLEGED", "documented_status": "ALLEGED", "days_since_movement": 865, "fir_date": null, "year": 2024, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "JSSC CGL paper leak sparks controversy: third shift General Knowledge exam cancelled", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/jssc-cgl-paper-leak-sparks-controversy-third-shift-general-knowledge-exam-cancelled-new-dates-soon/articleshow/107267078.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/jssc-cgl-paper-leak-sparks-controversy-third-shift-general-knowledge-exam-cancelled-new-dates-soon/articleshow/107267078.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-01-29" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2024-01-28", "court_or_agency": "Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission", "description": "Third-shift examination cancelled by notification after leak allegations and demonstrations.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "JSSC", "order_date": "2024-01-28", "scope": "Third shift cancelled; exam re-conducted in September 2024.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2024-01-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." } ] }, { "slug": "bihar-police-constable-2023", "title": "Bihar constable exam 2023: printing-press leak; cancelled in two days", "exam_date": "2023-10-01", "leak_date": "2023-09-30", "surfaced_date": "2023-10-01", "candidates_affected": 1800000, "summary": "The written exam for 21,391 constable posts, held on 1 October 2023 at 529 centres for over 18 lakh aspirants, was cancelled by CSBC on 3 October after answers circulated before the test. EOU FIRs identified an inter-state gang — the same network later accused in the NEET-UG 2024 leak — and traced the leak to a Kolkata printing press through a vendor firm. Seven people including three from West Bengal were arrested; the ED opened a money-laundering case and raided four states in June 2025. The re-exam was held in August 2024.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2025-06-19", "states": [ "Bihar", "West Bengal", "Jharkhand", "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "CSBC", "body_name": "Central Selection Board of Constables", "exam": "Constable Recruitment 2023 (Advt. 01/2023)", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 357, "fir_date": "2023-10-04", "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_csbc", "source_type": "official_press_release", "title": "CSBC notice dt. 03.10.2023: cancellation of written exam (Advt. 01/2023)", "publisher": "Central Selection Board of Constables", "tier": 1, "document_date": "2023-10-03", "url": "https://csbc.bihar.gov.in" }, { "key": "s_et", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "ED raids multiple states in 2023 Bihar constable recruitment scam probe", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ed-raids-multiple-states-in-2023-bihar-constable-recruitment-scam-probe/printarticle/121950764.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ed-raids-multiple-states-in-2023-bihar-constable-recruitment-scam-probe/printarticle/121950764.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2025-06-19" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2023-10-03", "court_or_agency": "Central Selection Board of Constables", "description": "Written exam of 01.10.2023 cancelled; later shifts postponed.", "source": "s_csbc", "case_identifier": "CSBC notice dt. 03.10.2023" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2023-10-04", "court_or_agency": "Economic Offences Unit, Bihar Police", "description": "EOU FIRs against the leak syndicate; probe identified a Kolkata press and a vendor firm in the chain.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-10-31", "court_or_agency": "EOU, Bihar Police", "description": "Seven private persons arrested, including three from West Bengal; gang head in judicial custody.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2025-06-19", "court_or_agency": "Enforcement Directorate", "description": "PMLA searches at a dozen locations in Bihar, Jharkhand, UP and West Bengal, covering the printing press.", "source": "s_et" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "CSBC", "order_date": "2023-10-03", "source": "s_csbc" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "CSBC", "scope": "Re-examination conducted in August 2024.", "source": "s_et" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-10-01", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2023-10-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "EOU FIRs against the leak syndicate; probe identified a Kolkata press and a vendor firm in the chain.", "source": "s_et" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-10-31", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Seven private persons arrested, including three from West Bengal; gang head in judicial custody.", "source": "s_et" } ] }, { "slug": "ossc-je-2023", "title": "OSSC JE exam leak: printing-press helper was the source", "exam_date": "2023-07-16", "leak_date": "2023-07-15", "surfaced_date": "2023-07-16", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Hours before the OSSC junior engineer (civil) exam on 16 July 2023, police arrested nine people at a Digha hotel with the paper. Balasore police later arrested eight more including the alleged organiser — a Bihar native working in the Accountant General's office in Patna — and the source: a helper at the out-of-state press where papers were printed. OSSC cancelled the examination.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-07-27", "states": [ "Odisha", "West Bengal", "Bihar" ], "body": "OSSC", "body_name": "Odisha Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "Junior Engineer (Civil) Exam 2023", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1050, "fir_date": null, "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "OSSC exam paper leak: Odisha police arrest alleged organiser, 7 others", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ossc-exam-paper-leak-odisha-police-arrest-alleged-mastermind-8863749/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ossc-exam-paper-leak-odisha-police-arrest-alleged-mastermind-8863749/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-07-27" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-07-16", "court_or_agency": "Balasore Police, Odisha", "description": "Nine persons arrested from a hotel at Digha (WB) with question papers, hours before the exam.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2023-07-20", "court_or_agency": "OSSC", "description": "Examination cancelled by the commission after the leak was established.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-07-27", "court_or_agency": "Balasore Police, Odisha", "description": "Eight more arrests incl. the alleged organiser and the printing-press helper who sourced the paper.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "OSSC", "order_date": "2023-07-20", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-07-16", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-07-16", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Nine persons arrested from a hotel at Digha (WB) with question papers, hours before the exam.", "source": "s_ie" } ] }, { "slug": "ts-ssc-hindi-2023", "title": "Telangana SSC Hindi paper on WhatsApp minutes after start", "exam_date": "2023-04-04", "leak_date": "2023-04-04", "surfaced_date": "2023-04-04", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "During the Telangana SSC Hindi exam on 4 April 2023, the paper circulated on WhatsApp groups within 30 minutes of the start — the second such episode on consecutive days. Police traced it to a centre in Kamalapur, Hanumakonda: a minor photographed the paper through a first-floor window after climbing a tree, and two others forwarded it. Three people were arrested under Section 5 of the Telangana Public Examinations Act. The exam was not cancelled.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-04-05", "states": [ "Telangana" ], "body": "DGE-TS", "body_name": "Directorate of Govt. Examinations, Telangana", "exam": "SSC (Class 10) Examination 2023", "purpose": "school_board", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1163, "fir_date": "2023-04-04", "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Telangana: SSC paper 'leaked' on WhatsApp second day in row", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-ssc-paper-leaked-on-whatsapp-second-day-in-row/articleshow/99252408.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-ssc-paper-leaked-on-whatsapp-second-day-in-row/articleshow/99252408.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-04-05" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2023-04-04", "court_or_agency": "Warangal Police Commissionerate", "description": "Case under Section 5, Telangana Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices) Act.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-04-05", "court_or_agency": "Warangal Police", "description": "Three arrested, including a minor who photographed the paper and forwarders in WhatsApp groups.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "no_action_recorded", "scope": "Exam not cancelled; circulation occurred after the start.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-04-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2023-04-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case under Section 5, Telangana Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices) Act.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-04-05", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Three arrested, including a minor who photographed the paper and forwarders in WhatsApp groups.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "tspsc-multi-exam-2023", "title": "TSPSC insider leak: confidential-section computers accessed; exams cancelled", "exam_date": "2023-03-05", "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2023-03-13", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Two TSPSC insiders — an assistant section officer and an outsourced network administrator — allegedly gained unauthorised access to the confidential section's computers and copied question papers for several recruitment exams, selling them for about Rs 1.63 crore in total. The leak surfaced via a complaint by a TSPSC assistant secretary; a case was registered at Begum Bazar PS and an SIT formed. 49 people were arrested and a preliminary charge sheet was filed on 9 June 2023. Affected exams, including AE/AEE, were cancelled and re-held.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-06-09", "states": [ "Telangana" ], "body": "TSPSC", "body_name": "Telangana State Public Service Commission", "exam": "AE/AEE/DAO & other recruitment exams 2022-23", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 1098, "fir_date": "2023-03-13", "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ht", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "SIT files charge sheet in Telangana paper leak case", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hyderabad-police-file-charge-sheet-for-tspsc-exam-paper-leak-case-49-arrested-1-63-crore-involved-in-sale-of-papers-101686338468697.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hyderabad-police-file-charge-sheet-for-tspsc-exam-paper-leak-case-49-arrested-1-63-crore-involved-in-sale-of-papers-101686338468697.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-06-10" }, { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "TSPSC paper leak: 49 arrested, money trail traced", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/tspsc-paper-leak-hyderabad-police-49-arrested-transactions-8654664/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/tspsc-paper-leak-hyderabad-police-49-arrested-transactions-8654664/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-06-10" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2023-03-13", "court_or_agency": "Begum Bazar PS, Hyderabad", "description": "Case on a complaint by a TSPSC assistant secretary; later moved to the Central Crime Station and an SIT.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-03-15", "court_or_agency": "SIT, Hyderabad Police", "description": "49 persons arrested over the following weeks; one accused abroad.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2023-06-09", "court_or_agency": "Jurisdictional court, Hyderabad", "description": "Preliminary charge sheet after CFSL forensics; total transactions around Rs 1.63 crore.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "TSPSC", "order_date": "2023-03-22", "scope": "Affected exams (incl. AE/AEE) cancelled and re-conducted.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-03-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2023-03-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case on a complaint by a TSPSC assistant secretary; later moved to the Central Crime Station and an SIT.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-03-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "49 persons arrested over the following weeks; one accused abroad.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2023-06-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Preliminary charge sheet after CFSL forensics; total transactions around Rs 1.63 crore.", "source": "s_ht" } ] }, { "slug": "assam-hslc-science-2023", "title": "Assam HSLC General Science paper cancelled night before exam", "exam_date": "2023-03-13", "leak_date": "2023-03-12", "surfaced_date": "2023-03-12", "candidates_affected": 400000, "summary": "A handwritten copy of the HSLC General Science (C3) paper went viral the night before the 13 March 2023 exam, forcing SEBA to cancel it. CID took over; 22 people were detained from Guwahati, North Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Sadiya, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia within a day (arrests later rose), and two senior board officials were questioned. The paper was re-conducted on 30 March 2023.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-03-14", "states": [ "Assam" ], "body": "SEBA", "body_name": "Board of Secondary Education, Assam", "exam": "HSLC (Class 10) Examination 2023", "purpose": "school_board", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1185, "fir_date": null, "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Assam HSLC exam 2023: police detain 22 persons in connection to question paper leak", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/assam-hslc-exam-2023-police-detain-22-persons-in-connection-to-question-paper-leak/articleshow/98624485.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/assam-hslc-exam-2023-police-detain-22-persons-in-connection-to-question-paper-leak/articleshow/98624485.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-03-14" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2023-03-12", "court_or_agency": "Board of Secondary Education, Assam", "description": "General Science paper cancelled after a handwritten copy circulated on social media.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-03-14", "court_or_agency": "Assam Police / CID", "description": "22 persons detained across six towns; CID questioned two senior board officials.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "SEBA", "order_date": "2023-03-12", "execution_date": "2023-03-30", "scope": "General Science paper re-conducted on 30 March 2023.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-03-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-03-14", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "22 persons detained across six towns; CID questioned two senior board officials.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "gpssb-junior-clerk-2023", "title": "Gujarat junior clerk exam called off 4 hours before start", "exam_date": "2023-01-29", "leak_date": "2023-01-28", "surfaced_date": "2023-01-29", "candidates_affected": 950000, "summary": "Hours before 9.5 lakh candidates were to write the GPSSB junior clerk exam (1,181 posts, 2,995 centres) on 29 January 2023, the board called it off: Gujarat ATS had caught 15-16 people overnight with the question paper. The trail led to a worker at the Odisha printing press where papers were printed, plus coaching operators in Vadodara and Ahmedabad. It was the third cancellation for this recruitment since 2016. The exam was re-conducted within 100 days as promised, with free bus travel for candidates.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-01-29", "states": [ "Gujarat", "Odisha" ], "body": "GPSSB", "body_name": "Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board", "exam": "Junior Clerk Recruitment (Panchayat) 2023", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1229, "fir_date": "2023-01-29", "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Junior clerk recruitment exam put off, 16 arrested in Gujarat", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/junior-clerk-recruitment-exam-put-off-16-arrested-in-gujarat/articleshow/97428510.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/junior-clerk-recruitment-exam-put-off-16-arrested-in-gujarat/articleshow/97428510.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-01-30" }, { "key": "s_nie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Gujarat: another paper leaked, clerk recruitment exam cancelled", "publisher": "The New Indian Express", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2023/Jan/29/gujarat-another-paper-leaked-clerk-recruitment-exam-cancelled-2542443.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2023/Jan/29/gujarat-another-paper-leaked-clerk-recruitment-exam-cancelled-2542443.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-01-29" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-01-28", "court_or_agency": "Gujarat ATS", "description": "15-16 persons caught with the paper, incl. coaching operators; printing-press worker from Odisha identified as the source.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2023-01-29", "court_or_agency": "GPSSB", "description": "Exam 'postponed' hours before start in the candidates' broader interest.", "source": "s_nie" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2023-01-29", "court_or_agency": "Gujarat ATS", "description": "Case naming coaching operators and the press insider chain.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "GPSSB", "order_date": "2023-01-29", "source": "s_nie" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "GPSSB", "order_date": "2023-01-29", "execution_date": "2023-04-09", "scope": "Re-exam held on 9 April 2023.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-01-29", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-01-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "15-16 persons caught with the paper, incl. coaching operators; printing-press worker from Odisha identified as the source.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "ukpsc-patwari-2023", "title": "UKPSC Patwari exam leak: commission section officer arrested", "exam_date": "2023-01-08", "leak_date": "2023-01-07", "surfaced_date": "2023-01-09", "candidates_affected": 140000, "summary": "Uttarakhand's Patwari/Lekhpal exam of 8 January 2023 was cancelled after the STF found the paper had been leaked to candidates before the exam. A section officer of the commission and three others, including his wife, were arrested and Rs 22.5 lakh was recovered. The re-exam was held on 12 February 2023 for about 1.4 lakh candidates. This was the state's second leak episode in months, after the UKSSSC cases moved exams to UKPSC.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-01-12", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "body": "UKPSC", "body_name": "Uttarakhand Public Service Commission", "exam": "Patwari/Lekhpal Exam 2022-23", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1246, "fir_date": "2023-01-09", "year": 2023, "sources": [ { "key": "s_tn", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UKPSC Patwari Lekhpal exam cancelled due to paper leak, new exam Feb 12", "publisher": "Times Now", "url": "https://www.timesnownews.com/jobs/ukpsc-paper-leak-2023-ukpsc-patwari-lekhpal-exam-cancelled-due-to-paper-leak-new-exam-to-be-held-feb-12-article-96968719", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.timesnownews.com/jobs/ukpsc-paper-leak-2023-ukpsc-patwari-lekhpal-exam-cancelled-due-to-paper-leak-new-exam-to-be-held-feb-12-article-96968719", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-01-13" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2023-01-09", "court_or_agency": "STF, Uttarakhand Police", "description": "Case registered after information that the paper was provided to candidates before the exam.", "source": "s_tn" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-01-12", "court_or_agency": "STF, Uttarakhand Police", "description": "Four arrested including a UKPSC section officer and his wife; Rs 22.5 lakh recovered.", "source": "s_tn" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2023-01-12", "court_or_agency": "UKPSC", "description": "Exam cancelled; fresh date announced.", "source": "s_tn" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "UKPSC", "order_date": "2023-01-12", "source": "s_tn" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "UKPSC", "order_date": "2023-01-12", "execution_date": "2023-02-12", "scope": "Re-exam held on 12 February 2023.", "source": "s_tn" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2023-01-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2023-01-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case registered after information that the paper was provided to candidates before the exam.", "source": "s_tn" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-01-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Four arrested including a UKPSC section officer and his wife; Rs 22.5 lakh recovered.", "source": "s_tn" } ] }, { "slug": "bssc-cgl3-2022", "title": "BSSC CGL-3: first-shift paper photographed and circulated; shift cancelled", "exam_date": "2022-12-23", "leak_date": "2022-12-23", "surfaced_date": "2022-12-24", "candidates_affected": 900000, "summary": "BSSC's graduate-level CGL-3 prelims were held in phases on 23-24 December 2022. A question paper from the first phase circulated on WhatsApp and matched the original, and on 27 December the commission cancelled the first-phase exam. The EOU probed the circulation and made arrests; aspirants protesting for full cancellation were lathi-charged in Patna in January 2023. The cancelled phase was re-conducted on 5 March 2023.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-01-05", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "body": "BSSC", "body_name": "Bihar Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "CGL-3 (Sachivalaya Sahayak) 2022", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1253, "fir_date": "2022-12-24", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ht", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "BSSC cancels 1st phase exam after leaked paper matched original", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bssc-cancels-ist-phase-exam/articleshow/96531365.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bssc-cancels-ist-phase-exam/articleshow/96531365.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-12-27" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-12-24", "court_or_agency": "Economic Offences Unit, Bihar Police", "description": "Case into circulation of the first-shift paper during the exam.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-12-27", "court_or_agency": "Bihar Staff Selection Commission", "description": "First shift of 23.12.2022 cancelled on EOU findings.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2023-01-05", "court_or_agency": "EOU, Bihar Police", "description": "Arrests in the circulation probe; protesting aspirants also detained separately.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "BSSC", "order_date": "2022-12-27", "execution_date": "2023-03-05", "scope": "First shift re-conducted on 5 March 2023.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-12-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-12-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case into circulation of the first-shift paper during the exam.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2023-01-05", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Arrests in the circulation probe; protesting aspirants also detained separately.", "source": "s_ht" } ] }, { "slug": "rpsc-senior-teacher-gk-2022", "title": "RPSC senior teacher exam: 40+ caught solving leaked paper in a moving bus", "exam_date": "2022-12-24", "leak_date": "2022-12-23", "surfaced_date": "2022-12-24", "candidates_affected": 400000, "summary": "On the morning of 24 December 2022, Udaipur police stopped a bus and found about 40 people — including dummy candidates and several teachers — solving the leaked General Knowledge paper of RPSC's senior teacher recruitment. Candidates had reportedly paid Rs 5–8 lakh each to a Jodhpur-based gang. RPSC cancelled that morning's GK paper (nearly 4 lakh applicants); ATS and SOG took up the probe, which expanded through 2023 with further arrests. It was counted as the ninth leak-hit RPSC exam in recent years.", "leak_vector": "coaching_nexus", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-12-24", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "RPSC", "body_name": "Rajasthan Public Service Commission", "exam": "Senior Teacher Grade-II Recruitment 2022", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1265, "fir_date": "2022-12-24", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_nie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Rajasthan PSC paper leak: 40 caught writing answers in bus before exam", "publisher": "The New Indian Express", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2022/Dec/24/rajasthan-psc-paper-leak-40-caught-writing-answers-in-bus-before-exam-2531401.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2022/Dec/24/rajasthan-psc-paper-leak-40-caught-writing-answers-in-bus-before-exam-2531401.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-12-24" }, { "key": "s_it", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Exam for teachers' recruitment in Rajasthan cancelled after paper leak", "publisher": "India Today", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rpsc-rajasthan-paper-leak-second-grade-teacher-exam-cancel-2313000-2022-12-24", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rpsc-rajasthan-paper-leak-second-grade-teacher-exam-cancel-2313000-2022-12-24", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-12-24" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-12-24", "court_or_agency": "Udaipur Police / Rajasthan SOG", "description": "About 40 occupants of a bus caught solving the paper before the exam; dummy candidates among them.", "source": "s_nie" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-12-24", "court_or_agency": "RPSC / Government of Rajasthan", "description": "General Knowledge paper of 24.12.2022 (9-11 am) cancelled; other papers proceeded.", "source": "s_it" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-12-24", "court_or_agency": "ATS / SOG, Rajasthan Police", "description": "Case against the gang; Rs 5-8 lakh per candidate reportedly charged.", "source": "s_nie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "RPSC", "order_date": "2022-12-24", "scope": "Cancelled GK paper re-conducted later (2023).", "source": "s_it" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-12-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-12-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "About 40 occupants of a bus caught solving the paper before the exam; dummy candidates among them.", "source": "s_nie" } ] }, { "slug": "hpssc-joa-it-2022", "title": "HP JOA-IT leak: commission itself dissolved after vigilance probe", "exam_date": "2022-12-25", "leak_date": "2022-12-23", "surfaced_date": "2022-12-23", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Himachal Pradesh vigilance caught an HPSSC insider's network selling the JOA (IT) Post Code 965 question paper for about Rs 2.5 lakh in Hamirpur before the 25 December 2022 exam, which was stopped. Departmental and vigilance reports found papers had been leaked and sold selectively for roughly three years. The state suspended the commission's functioning and dissolved HPSSC on 21 February 2023, transferring recruitment to HPPSC — the only case in this register where the leak ended the exam body itself.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-02-21", "states": [ "Himachal Pradesh" ], "body": "HPSSC", "body_name": "Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "JOA (IT) Post Code 965 Exam 2022", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 1206, "fir_date": "2022-12-23", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ht", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Himachal government dissolves HPSSC after paper leak case", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/himachal-government-dissolves-hpssc-after-paper-leak-case-101677055937638.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/himachal-government-dissolves-hpssc-after-paper-leak-case-101677055937638.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-02-22" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-12-23", "court_or_agency": "State Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau, Hamirpur", "description": "Trap and case after the paper was offered for sale before the exam.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-12-24", "court_or_agency": "Vigilance Bureau, HP", "description": "A commission staffer and associates held; electronic devices sent to forensics.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-12-24", "court_or_agency": "HPSSC", "description": "Exam withheld; commission's functioning suspended pending inquiry.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2023-02-21", "court_or_agency": "Vigilance Bureau, HP", "description": "First charge sheet filed the day the state dissolved the commission.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2023-02-21", "court_or_agency": "Government of Himachal Pradesh", "description": "HPSSC dissolved with immediate effect; recruitment transferred to HPPSC.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of HP", "order_date": "2023-02-21", "scope": "Pending recruitment moved to HPPSC.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-12-23", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-12-23", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Trap and case after the paper was offered for sale before the exam.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-12-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "A commission staffer and associates held; electronic devices sent to forensics.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2023-02-21", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "First charge sheet filed the day the state dissolved the commission.", "source": "s_ht" } ] }, { "slug": "uksssc-graduate-2021", "title": "UKSSSC graduate exam leak: Uttarakhand's largest recruitment scandal", "exam_date": "2021-12-05", "leak_date": "2021-12-04", "surfaced_date": "2022-07-22", "candidates_affected": 160000, "summary": "In July 2022, Uttarakhand STF established that the December 2021 UKSSSC graduate-level paper had been leaked through a chain involving an outsourced printing-press network, with candidates charged up to Rs 12–15 lakh. More than 40 people were arrested, including the alleged organiser, a resort owner from Uttarkashi, who spent 13 months in jail, was re-arrested in September 2025 on the eve of another exam, and got high-court bail in January 2026. The exam was scrapped; linked leaks hit the 2021 forest inspector and secretariat guard exams. Recruitment moved to UKPSC.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2026-01-21", "states": [ "Uttarakhand", "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "UKSSSC", "body_name": "Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission", "exam": "Graduate-Level Recruitment Exam (Dec 2021)", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 141, "fir_date": "2022-07-22", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "HC grants bail to alleged organiser behind 2022 UKSSSC paper leak case", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/hc-grants-bail-to-mastermind-behind-2022-uksssc-paper-leak-case/articleshow/127027810.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/hc-grants-bail-to-mastermind-behind-2022-uksssc-paper-leak-case/articleshow/127027810.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-01-22" }, { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Uttarakhand SSSC exam: paper leak accused, aide held", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-sssc-exam-today-paper-leak-accused-aide-held-for-promising-success-in-govt-job-test-demanding-rs-15-lakh-10262040/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-sssc-exam-today-paper-leak-accused-aide-held-for-promising-success-in-govt-job-test-demanding-rs-15-lakh-10262040/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2025-09-21" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-07-22", "court_or_agency": "Raipur PS, Dehradun / STF Uttarakhand", "description": "FIR on UKSSSC's complaint; STF probe into the December 2021 exam.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-07-24", "court_or_agency": "STF, Uttarakhand", "description": "40+ arrests over weeks, including the alleged organiser of the leak network.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2025-09-20", "court_or_agency": "Dehradun Police / STF", "description": "Alleged organiser re-arrested with an aide a day before the UKSSSC Patwari recruitment exam.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "BAIL_GRANTED", "action_date": "2026-01-21", "court_or_agency": "Uttarakhand High Court", "description": "Bail granted in the 2025 case; court noted lack of direct evidence of fresh facilitation.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of Uttarakhand", "order_date": "2022-08-12", "scope": "Exam scrapped; affected recruitments shifted to UKPSC.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-07-22", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-07-22", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR on UKSSSC's complaint; STF probe into the December 2021 exam.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-07-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "40+ arrests over weeks, including the alleged organiser of the leak network.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "jkssb-si-2022", "title": "JKSSB SI exam: selection list scrapped; CBI chargesheeted 33", "exam_date": "2022-03-27", "leak_date": "2022-03-26", "surfaced_date": "2022-06-10", "candidates_affected": 97000, "summary": "After the J&K sub-inspector exam of 27 March 2022, aspirants alleged the paper had been sold for Rs 15–30 lakh by a Haryana-linked gang. The administration scrapped the select list of 1,200 SIs (along with JE and FAA lists) in July 2022 and handed the case to the CBI, which charge-sheeted 33 accused on 12 November 2022, including board insiders and touts. The ED later arrested alleged organisers in a linked money-laundering case (2024). The exam was re-conducted in December 2022.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-07-11", "states": [ "Jammu & Kashmir", "Haryana" ], "body": "JKSSB", "body_name": "J&K Services Selection Board", "exam": "Sub-Inspector Recruitment 2022", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 700, "fir_date": null, "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_et", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "ED gets 7-day remand of alleged organiser in 2022 JKSSB SI paper leak case", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ed-gets-7-day-remand-of-kingpin-in-2022-jkssb-si-paper-leak-case/articleshow/111258034.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ed-gets-7-day-remand-of-kingpin-in-2022-jkssb-si-paper-leak-case/articleshow/111258034.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-06-25" }, { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "ED arrests Haryana man in J&K paper leak case", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jammu/ed-arrests-haryana-man-in-jk-paper-leak-case/articleshow/111673810.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jammu/ed-arrests-haryana-man-in-jk-paper-leak-case/articleshow/111673810.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-07-12" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2022-07-08", "court_or_agency": "J&K Administration", "description": "Select lists of 1,200 SIs, 1,300 JEs and 1,000 FAAs cancelled over leak and malpractice allegations.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "CASE_TRANSFERRED", "action_date": "2022-08-03", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "Probe handed to CBI.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2022-11-12", "court_or_agency": "CBI court, Jammu", "description": "Charge sheet against 33 accused.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-07-11", "court_or_agency": "Enforcement Directorate", "description": "ED arrests in the PMLA case built on the CBI FIR; payments routed to organisers' accounts.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "J&K Administration", "order_date": "2022-07-08", "source": "s_et" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "JKSSB", "scope": "SI exam re-conducted in December 2022.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-06-10", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2022-11-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Charge sheet against 33 accused.", "source": "s_et" } ] }, { "slug": "rajasthan-constable-2022", "title": "Rajasthan constable exam: one shift cancelled after centre leak", "exam_date": "2022-05-14", "leak_date": "2022-05-14", "surfaced_date": "2022-05-15", "candidates_affected": 250000, "summary": "During the Rajasthan Police constable recruitment exams of 13–16 May 2022 (around 11.5 lakh candidates), the paper for the 14 May second shift leaked from a private school centre in Jhotwara, Jaipur, where the centre superintendent allegedly opened the paper before time. The shift, affecting about 2.5 lakh candidates, was cancelled and re-conducted; police arrested the school operators and registered a case.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-05-17", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "RAJPOL", "body_name": "Rajasthan Police (Recruitment)", "exam": "Police Constable Recruitment 2021-22", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1486, "fir_date": "2022-05-16", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_byju", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Rajasthan constable exam cancelled due to paper leak, to be reconducted", "publisher": "BYJU'S Exam Prep (news)", "url": "https://byjus.com/govt-exams/rajasthan-constable-exam-canceled-due-to-paper-leak-likely-to-be-reconducted/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://byjus.com/govt-exams/rajasthan-constable-exam-canceled-due-to-paper-leak-likely-to-be-reconducted/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-05-18" }, { "key": "s_tp", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "All papers of Rajasthan Police constable recruitment exam leaked: MP's claim", "publisher": "ThePrint", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/all-papers-of-rajasthan-police-constable-recruitment-exam-leaked-bjp-mp-meena/961", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://theprint.in/india/all-papers-of-rajasthan-police-constable-recruitment-exam-leaked-bjp-mp-meena/961", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-05-17" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-05-16", "court_or_agency": "Rajasthan Police HQ", "description": "14 May second-shift exam cancelled after the leak from the Jhotwara centre.", "source": "s_byju" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-05-16", "court_or_agency": "Jaipur Police", "description": "Case registered; centre superintendent alleged to have opened the paper before exam time.", "source": "s_byju" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-05-17", "court_or_agency": "Jaipur Police / SOG", "description": "Centre operators and associates held as the probe progressed.", "source": "s_tp" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "Rajasthan Police HQ", "order_date": "2022-05-16", "scope": "Cancelled shift re-conducted (July 2022).", "source": "s_byju" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-05-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-05-16", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case registered; centre superintendent alleged to have opened the paper before exam time.", "source": "s_byju" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-05-17", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Centre operators and associates held as the probe progressed.", "source": "s_tp" } ] }, { "slug": "bpsc-67th-prelims-2022", "title": "BPSC 67th prelims cancelled within hours: paper on Telegram before exam", "exam_date": "2022-05-08", "leak_date": "2022-05-08", "surfaced_date": "2022-05-08", "candidates_affected": 600000, "summary": "The 67th BPSC prelims of 8 May 2022 (1,083 centres) was cancelled the same day after the question paper circulated on Telegram and WhatsApp minutes before the exam — and matched the paper distributed at centres. Candidates at a centre in Ara had protested over irregularities. A three-member inquiry confirmed the leak within hours; the cyber cell and EOU probe led to arrests including a block development officer and an invigilator. The prelims were re-conducted in September 2022.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-05-11", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "body": "BPSC", "body_name": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "exam": "67th Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Exam", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1492, "fir_date": "2022-05-09", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "BPSC 67th paper leaked before exam, probe ordered", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/bpsc-67th-paper-leaked-before-exam-probe-ordered-by-bihar-public-service-commission/articleshow/91422914.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/bpsc-67th-paper-leaked-before-exam-probe-ordered-by-bihar-public-service-commission/articleshow/91422914.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-05-09" }, { "key": "s_c360", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "BPSC question paper leak: BDO, invigilator among four arrested", "publisher": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-67th-question-paper-leak-bdo-college-invigilator-four-arrested-in-exam-paper-leak-case", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-67th-question-paper-leak-bdo-college-invigilator-four-arrested-in-exam-paper-leak-case", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-05-11" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-05-08", "court_or_agency": "Bihar Public Service Commission", "description": "Exam cancelled same day on the inquiry committee's findings.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-05-09", "court_or_agency": "Cyber cell / EOU, Bihar Police", "description": "Probe ordered by BPSC chairman; case registered into the Telegram/WhatsApp circulation.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-05-11", "court_or_agency": "Economic Offences Unit, Bihar Police", "description": "Four arrested, including a BDO and a college invigilator linked to the Ara centre.", "source": "s_c360" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "BPSC", "order_date": "2022-05-08", "source": "s_toi" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "BPSC", "execution_date": "2022-09-30", "scope": "Prelims re-conducted on 30 September 2022.", "source": "s_c360" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-05-08", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-05-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Probe ordered by BPSC chairman; case registered into the Telegram/WhatsApp circulation.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-05-11", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Four arrested, including a BDO and a college invigilator linked to the Ara centre.", "source": "s_c360" } ] }, { "slug": "karnataka-psi-2021", "title": "Karnataka PSI scam: ADGP heading recruitment arrested", "exam_date": "2021-10-03", "leak_date": "2021-10-03", "surfaced_date": "2022-04-09", "candidates_affected": 54287, "summary": "The October 2021 exam to select 545 Karnataka police sub-inspectors (54,287 candidates) was rigged through Bluetooth-aided answer relays and OMR tampering, surfacing in April 2022 after a Kalaburagi candidate's marks didn't match her sheet. The CID arrested more than 15 police personnel, and on 4 July 2022 arrested the ADGP who headed the recruitment cell — charge-sheeted with prosecution sanction under the PC Act, and bailed in September 2023. The government ordered a re-examination.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-09-25", "states": [ "Karnataka" ], "body": "KSP-RC", "body_name": "Karnataka Police Recruitment Cell", "exam": "Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment (Oct 2021)", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 990, "fir_date": "2022-04-09", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie1", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Karnataka High Court grants bail to IPS officer arrested in police recruitment scam", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-high-court-grants-bail-to-ips-officer-arrested-in-police-recruitment-scam-8955577/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-high-court-grants-bail-to-ips-officer-arrested-in-police-recruitment-scam-8955577/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-09-25" }, { "key": "s_ie2", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Karnataka PSI scam: ADGP arrest, explained", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/karnataka-psi-scam-adgp-arrest-explained-8010986/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/karnataka-psi-scam-adgp-arrest-explained-8010986/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-07-06" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-04-09", "court_or_agency": "CID, Karnataka Police", "description": "Cases registered after OMR mismatch complaints; exam-centre and recruitment-cell links probed.", "source": "s_ie2" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-04-20", "court_or_agency": "CID, Karnataka", "description": "15+ police personnel and centre operators arrested over the following months.", "source": "s_ie2" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-07-04", "court_or_agency": "CID, Karnataka", "description": "ADGP heading the recruitment cell arrested on corruption, cheating and conspiracy charges.", "source": "s_ie1" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2022-12-15", "court_or_agency": "CID, Karnataka", "description": "Charge sheet filed; central prosecution sanction under the PC Act later obtained.", "source": "s_ie1" }, { "action_type": "BAIL_GRANTED", "action_date": "2023-09-25", "court_or_agency": "Karnataka High Court", "description": "Bail to the IPS officer with conditions against intimidating junior investigators.", "source": "s_ie1" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of Karnataka", "order_date": "2022-04-29", "scope": "Re-examination ordered for the PSI recruitment.", "source": "s_ie2" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-04-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-04-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Cases registered after OMR mismatch complaints; exam-centre and recruitment-cell links probed.", "source": "s_ie2" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-04-20", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "15+ police personnel and centre operators arrested over the following months.", "source": "s_ie2" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2022-12-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Charge sheet filed; central prosecution sanction under the PC Act later obtained.", "source": "s_ie1" } ] }, { "slug": "up-board-class12-english-2022", "title": "UP Board English paper leak: exam cancelled in 24 districts; DIOS arrested", "exam_date": "2022-03-30", "leak_date": "2022-03-30", "surfaced_date": "2022-03-30", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "The UP Board Class 12 English paper leaked from Ballia before the 30 March 2022 exam, which was cancelled in 24 districts of eastern UP and went ahead in the remaining 51. The Ballia district inspector of schools and 16 others were arrested under FIRs; the DIOS was suspended, the STF took over, and the Chief Minister directed invocation of the NSA against those involved. The cancelled paper was re-held on 13 April 2022.", "leak_vector": "strongroom", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-03-31", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "UPMSP", "body_name": "U.P. Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board)", "exam": "Class 12 Board Exam (English) 2022", "purpose": "school_board", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1533, "fir_date": "2022-03-30", "year": 2022, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ht", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UP Board: Class 12 English exam cancelled in 24 districts after question paper leak", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/up-board-class-12-english-exam-cancelled-in-24-districts-after-question-paper-leak-ballia-dios-among-17-arrested-101648657015527.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/up-board-class-12-english-exam-cancelled-in-24-districts-after-question-paper-leak-ballia-dios-among-17-arrested-101648657015527.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-03-31" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-03-30", "court_or_agency": "UP Board / Government of UP", "description": "English exam cancelled in 24 affected districts.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2022-03-30", "court_or_agency": "Ballia Police / STF UP", "description": "FIRs registered; STF directed to probe; NSA invocation ordered.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2022-03-31", "court_or_agency": "Ballia Police", "description": "17 arrested including the district inspector of schools, who was also suspended.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "UP Board", "order_date": "2022-03-30", "execution_date": "2022-04-13", "scope": "Re-exam in the 24 districts on 13 April 2022.", "source": "s_ht" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2022-03-30", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2022-03-30", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIRs registered; STF directed to probe; NSA invocation ordered.", "source": "s_ht" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2022-03-31", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "17 arrested including the district inspector of schools, who was also suspended.", "source": "s_ht" } ] }, { "slug": "gsssb-head-clerk-2021", "title": "Gujarat head clerk exam scrapped: paper sold for Rs 6-12 lakh", "exam_date": "2021-12-12", "leak_date": "2021-12-11", "surfaced_date": "2021-12-13", "candidates_affected": 88000, "summary": "GSSSB's head clerk exam of 12 December 2021 (186 posts, 88,000+ candidates) was cancelled on 21 December after evidence emerged that the paper had been leaked the previous night and sold for Rs 6–12 lakh. Police arrested eight people in Sabarkantha and a staffer of the Ahmedabad printing press contracted by the board. The re-exam was held in 2022; the state promised fast-track prosecution.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2021-12-21", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "body": "GSSSB", "body_name": "Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board", "exam": "Head Clerk Recruitment 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1633, "fir_date": "2021-12-13", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Gujarat head clerk exam cancelled after paper leak, re-exam next year", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-government-cancels-head-clerk-exam-after-paper-gets-leaked-7683520/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-government-cancels-head-clerk-exam-after-paper-gets-leaked-7683520/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-12-21" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-12-13", "court_or_agency": "Gujarat Police", "description": "Case registered after evidence the paper circulated the night before the exam.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-12-14", "court_or_agency": "Gujarat Police", "description": "Eight sellers of the leaked paper arrested in Sabarkantha, plus a printing-press staffer.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2021-12-21", "court_or_agency": "GSSSB / Government of Gujarat", "description": "Exam cancelled; re-exam announced.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "GSSSB", "order_date": "2021-12-21", "scope": "Re-exam conducted in 2022.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-12-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-12-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case registered after evidence the paper circulated the night before the exam.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-12-14", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Eight sellers of the leaked paper arrested in Sabarkantha, plus a printing-press staffer.", "source": "s_ie" } ] }, { "slug": "mhada-recruitment-2021", "title": "MHADA exam scrapped: vendor's director arrested with the paper", "exam_date": "2021-12-12", "leak_date": "2021-12-10", "surfaced_date": "2021-12-11", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Days before MHADA's recruitment exams for 565 posts (12–20 December 2021), Pune cyber police arrested the director of the private firm contracted to conduct the exam, with the question paper allegedly in his possession. The exams were cancelled and the firm was blacklisted in March 2022. The same probe led investigators to the Maharashtra TET result-tampering case and the arrest and suspension of the state examination council's commissioner.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-03-03", "states": [ "Maharashtra" ], "body": "MHADA", "body_name": "Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority", "exam": "MHADA Recruitment (Groups A-D) 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1561, "fir_date": "2021-12-10", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Housing dept blacklists software firm after MHADA question paper leak", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mhada-question-paper-leak-housing-dept-blacklists-software-firm-7799802/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mhada-question-paper-leak-housing-dept-blacklists-software-firm-7799802/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-03-03" }, { "key": "s_ew", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "MSCE commissioner suspended for TET 2020 results scam", "publisher": "EducationWorld", "url": "https://educationworld.in/msce-commissioner-suspended-for-tet-2020-results-scam/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://educationworld.in/msce-commissioner-suspended-for-tet-2020-results-scam/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-12-22" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-12-10", "court_or_agency": "Pune Police (Cyber)", "description": "FIR in the MHADA paper leak; vendor firm named.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-12-11", "court_or_agency": "Pune Police", "description": "Director of the exam-conducting firm arrested; exams cancelled.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2022-03-03", "court_or_agency": "Maharashtra Housing Department", "description": "Vendor firm blacklisted by government resolution.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "MHADA", "order_date": "2021-12-11", "scope": "Recruitment exams cancelled before conduct.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-12-11", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-12-10", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR in the MHADA paper leak; vendor firm named.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-12-11", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Director of the exam-conducting firm arrested; exams cancelled.", "source": "s_ie" } ] }, { "slug": "uptet-2021", "title": "UPTET 2021 cancelled on exam morning; exam authority secretary arrested", "exam_date": "2021-11-28", "leak_date": "2021-11-28", "surfaced_date": "2021-11-28", "candidates_affected": 2000000, "summary": "UPTET 2021 was cancelled on the morning of 28 November 2021 — with about 20 lakh candidates en route — after the paper circulated on WhatsApp. UP STF arrested 23 people the same day; the probe pointed to the outsourced printing arrangement, and the director of the Examination Regulatory Authority's office responsible (PNP secretary) was arrested and suspended in early December. The re-exam was held on 23 January 2022 with candidates travelling free.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2021-12-01", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "ERA-UP", "body_name": "Examination Regulatory Authority, U.P.", "exam": "UPTET 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1653, "fir_date": null, "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "23 held in connection with paper leak of UPTET 2021 exam", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/23-held-in-connection-with-paper-leak-of-uptet-2021-exam/articleshow/87962059.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/23-held-in-connection-with-paper-leak-of-uptet-2021-exam/articleshow/87962059.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-11-28" }, { "key": "s_it", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "UP STF arrests exam controller in UPTET paper leak case", "publisher": "India Today", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/story/up-stf-examination-controller-uptet-paper-leak-case-1883048-2021-12-01", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/story/up-stf-examination-controller-uptet-paper-leak-case-1883048-2021-12-01", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-12-01" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2021-11-28", "court_or_agency": "Government of Uttar Pradesh", "description": "Exam cancelled on the morning of the test after the paper circulated on WhatsApp.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-11-28", "court_or_agency": "STF, UP Police", "description": "23 arrested on day one across districts.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-12-01", "court_or_agency": "STF, UP Police", "description": "Senior exam-authority official responsible for printing arrangements arrested and suspended.", "source": "s_it" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of UP", "order_date": "2021-11-28", "source": "s_toi" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "Government of UP", "order_date": "2021-11-28", "execution_date": "2022-01-23", "scope": "Re-exam held on 23 January 2022.", "source": "s_it" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-11-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-11-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "23 arrested on day one across districts.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "reet-2021", "title": "REET 2021: paper stolen from Jaipur's Shiksha Sankul; Level-II scrapped", "exam_date": "2021-09-26", "leak_date": "2021-09-24", "surfaced_date": "2021-09-26", "candidates_affected": 1600000, "summary": "On REET exam day, Bikaner police caught candidates with Bluetooth devices in slippers. The SOG probe found the Level-II paper had been stolen on 24 September from Shiksha Sankul, the Jaipur education-department campus, by a man engaged for paper security through the district coordinator's office. The state cancelled the Level-II exam on 7 February 2022; 71 people were arrested and 65 charge-sheeted per the SOG's report to the High Court, which also ruled out the board chairman's role. The chairman was nonetheless removed. Level-II was re-held in July 2022.", "leak_vector": "strongroom", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-07-07", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "BSER", "body_name": "Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan", "exam": "REET 2021 (Teacher Eligibility)", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 1435, "fir_date": "2021-10-02", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "2021 REET leak case: final hearing in Rajasthan High Court", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/2021-reet-leak-case-final-hearing-in-rajasthan-high-court-on-july-25/articleshow/92739405.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/2021-reet-leak-case-final-hearing-in-rajasthan-high-court-on-july-25/articleshow/92739405.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-07-08" }, { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "REET 2021 paper leak row: all you need to know", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/jobs/reet-2021-paper-leak-row-all-you-need-to-know-7775251/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/jobs/reet-2021-paper-leak-row-all-you-need-to-know-7775251/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-02-16" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-09-26", "court_or_agency": "Bikaner Police / Rajasthan Police", "description": "Exam-day arrests after Bluetooth devices were recovered from candidates' slippers.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-10-02", "court_or_agency": "Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police", "description": "SOG constituted; probe established the paper was stolen from Shiksha Sankul on 24 September.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2022-02-07", "court_or_agency": "Government of Rajasthan", "description": "REET Level-II examination cancelled.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2022-07-07", "court_or_agency": "SOG report to Rajasthan High Court", "description": "Final report: 71 arrested, challans against 65; board chairman's role ruled out.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_partial", "ordered_by": "Government of Rajasthan", "order_date": "2022-02-07", "scope": "Level-II cancelled; re-held in July 2022.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-09-26", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-09-26", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Exam-day arrests after Bluetooth devices were recovered from candidates' slippers.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2022-07-07", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Final report: 71 arrested, challans against 65; board chairman's role ruled out.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "neet-ug-2021-jaipur", "title": "NEET-UG 2021: Jaipur centre invigilator sent paper out mid-exam", "exam_date": "2021-09-12", "leak_date": "2021-09-12", "surfaced_date": "2021-09-13", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "At a Jaipur centre during NEET-UG 2021, an invigilator photographed the question paper and sent it out to be solved for a candidate, with Rs 35 lakh allegedly demanded. Jaipur police, acting on specific information, arrested eight people including the invigilator and the candidate, and seized Rs 10 lakh. The episode was localised; the national exam was not cancelled.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2021-09-13", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "NTA", "body_name": "National Testing Agency", "exam": "NEET-UG 2021", "purpose": "university_entrance", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1732, "fir_date": "2021-09-12", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Jaipur cops arrest 8 for leaking NEET exam paper", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/city-cops-arrest-8-for-leaking-neet-exam-paper/articleshow/86183586.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/city-cops-arrest-8-for-leaking-neet-exam-paper/articleshow/86183586.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-09-14" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-09-12", "court_or_agency": "Jaipur Police (West)", "description": "Case after a raid on the exam centre near Bhankrota during the exam.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-09-13", "court_or_agency": "Jaipur Police", "description": "Eight arrested incl. the invigilator, the candidate, solvers and intermediaries; Rs 10 lakh seized.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "no_action_recorded", "scope": "Localised episode; national exam not cancelled.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-09-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-09-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case after a raid on the exam centre near Bhankrota during the exam.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-09-13", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Eight arrested incl. the invigilator, the candidate, solvers and intermediaries; Rs 10 lakh seized.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "jee-main-2021", "title": "JEE Main 2021: remote-access solving racket at a chosen centre", "exam_date": "2021-09-02", "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2021-09-02", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "The CBI booked a private edtech firm and its directors for manipulating JEE (Main) 2021: solvers answered candidates' papers via remote-access software from a chosen exam centre in Sonepat, in connivance with centre staff, for Rs 12–15 lakh per candidate, with mark sheets and post-dated cheques held as security. Searches ran at 20 locations and seven people were arrested in the first days. NTA withheld results of suspect candidates.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2021-09-03", "states": [ "Haryana", "Delhi", "Uttar Pradesh" ], "body": "NTA", "body_name": "National Testing Agency", "exam": "JEE (Main) 2021", "purpose": "university_entrance", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1742, "fir_date": "2021-09-01", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "CBI files FIR against private education firm for manipulating JEE Mains exam", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/cbi-files-fir-against-private-education-firm-for-manipulating-jee-mains-exam-searches-on-at-20-locations/articleshow/85875486.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/cbi-files-fir-against-private-education-firm-for-manipulating-jee-mains-exam-searches-on-at-20-locations/articleshow/85875486.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-09-02" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-09-01", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "FIR against the firm, its directors, touts and centre staff for remote-access manipulation.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-09-03", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "Seven arrested, incl. directors and staff; searches at 20 locations.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "result_withheld", "ordered_by": "NTA", "order_date": "2021-09-10", "scope": "Results of suspect candidates withheld.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-09-02", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-09-01", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR against the firm, its directors, touts and centre staff for remote-access manipulation.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-09-03", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Seven arrested, incl. directors and staff; searches at 20 locations.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "hssc-constable-2021", "title": "Haryana constable exam cancelled on day one; Kaithal coaching module busted", "exam_date": "2021-08-07", "leak_date": "2021-08-07", "surfaced_date": "2021-08-07", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "HSSC cancelled the male constable written exam on 7 August 2021, its first day, after the paper leaked; the next day's papers were cancelled too. Multiple FIRs were registered across districts and 14 people were arrested within two days, including a Kaithal coaching-centre operator alleged to have struck deals at about Rs 12 lakh per candidate, with the answer key recovered from the group. The opposition demanded a court-monitored CBI probe.", "leak_vector": "coaching_nexus", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2021-08-09", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "body": "HSSC", "body_name": "Haryana Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "Male Constable (General Duty) Recruitment 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1767, "fir_date": "2021-08-07", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "In paper that got leaked: Haryana Police arrest seven more, total 14", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-paper-that-got-leaked-constable-aspirants-asked-to-identify-cow-buffalo-families-fodder-quantity-7446541/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-paper-that-got-leaked-constable-aspirants-asked-to-identify-cow-buffalo-families-fodder-quantity-7446541/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-08-10" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2021-08-07", "court_or_agency": "Haryana Staff Selection Commission", "description": "Written exam cancelled on day one; remaining shifts also scrapped.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-08-07", "court_or_agency": "Haryana Police (multiple districts)", "description": "Multiple FIRs; HSSC chief sought a DGP-level probe.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-08-09", "court_or_agency": "Haryana Police", "description": "14 arrested incl. a coaching operator; answer key recovered.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "HSSC", "order_date": "2021-08-07", "scope": "Exam re-conducted later in 2021.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-08-07", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-08-07", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Multiple FIRs; HSSC chief sought a DGP-level probe.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-08-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "14 arrested incl. a coaching operator; answer key recovered.", "source": "s_ie" } ] }, { "slug": "army-cee-gd-2021", "title": "Army CEE leak (Secunderabad): officers booked; exam postponed", "exam_date": "2021-02-28", "leak_date": "2021-02-27", "surfaced_date": "2021-02-28", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "The Army's common entrance exam for soldier (GD) scheduled for 28 February 2021 was postponed after the paper leaked the previous night; Pune police and military intelligence detained suspects, and the CBI registered a case that named serving officers, including the presiding officer of the Secunderabad board that printed the papers. In 2024 the Armed Forces Tribunal quashed a 'displeasure' award against another board member, finding due process violations — while recording that the presiding officer was found to have leaked the paper.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-03-27", "states": [ "Telangana", "Maharashtra", "Pan-India" ], "body": "ARO", "body_name": "Indian Army (Recruiting Organisation)", "exam": "Common Entrance Exam, Soldier (GD) Feb 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "FIR_REGISTERED", "days_since_movement": 806, "fir_date": "2021-03-05", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Army recruitment paper leak case: AFT quashes 'displeasure' given to Lt Colonel", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/army-recruitment-paper-leak-case-aft-quashes-displeasure-lt-colonel-9241431/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/army-recruitment-paper-leak-case-aft-quashes-displeasure-lt-colonel-9241431/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-30" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2021-02-28", "court_or_agency": "Indian Army", "description": "CEE postponed nationwide after the leak was detected.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-03-05", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "CBI case naming serving officers of the question-paper board and civilian intermediaries.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2024-03-27", "court_or_agency": "Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh", "description": "'Displeasure' against a board member quashed for procedural violations.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "Indian Army", "scope": "Recruitment exam re-conducted later in 2021.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-02-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-03-05", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "CBI case naming serving officers of the question-paper board and civilian intermediaries.", "source": "s_ie" } ] }, { "slug": "haryana-gram-sachiv-2021", "title": "Haryana Gram Sachiv exam nullified after answer-key racket bust", "exam_date": "2021-01-09", "leak_date": "2021-01-09", "surfaced_date": "2021-01-11", "candidates_affected": 800000, "summary": "About eight lakh candidates wrote the Gram Sachiv exam on 9–10 January 2021. A Hisar SIT busted a racket digitally distributing answer keys: an exam observer allegedly photographed the paper at a school centre, sent it out for solving, and the key was relayed onward for money. Eighteen people had been arrested by 17 January, when HSSC nullified the examination.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2021-01-17", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "body": "HSSC", "body_name": "Haryana Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "Gram Sachiv Recruitment Exam 2021", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 1971, "fir_date": "2021-01-11", "year": 2021, "sources": [ { "key": "s_trib", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Paper leak: HSSC cancels Gram Sachiv examination; two more arrested in Hisar", "publisher": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/paper-leak-hssc-cancels-gram-sachiv-examination-two-more-arrested-in-hisar-199422/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/paper-leak-hssc-cancels-gram-sachiv-examination-two-more-arrested-in-hisar-199422/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2021-01-17" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2021-01-11", "court_or_agency": "Hisar Police (SIT)", "description": "Case against the answer-key distribution racket.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2021-01-17", "court_or_agency": "SIT, Hisar Police", "description": "18 arrested, incl. the exam observer who photographed the paper.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2021-01-17", "court_or_agency": "Haryana Staff Selection Commission", "description": "Examination nullified.", "source": "s_trib" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "HSSC", "order_date": "2021-01-17", "source": "s_trib" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2021-01-11", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2021-01-11", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case against the answer-key distribution racket.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2021-01-17", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "18 arrested, incl. the exam observer who photographed the paper.", "source": "s_trib" } ] }, { "slug": "rsmssb-jen-2020", "title": "Rajasthan JEn 2020 leak: exam scrapped; gang leader held in 2024", "exam_date": "2020-12-06", "leak_date": "2020-12-06", "surfaced_date": "2020-12-08", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "The RSMSSB Junior Engineer (Civil) exam of 6 December 2020 was cancelled after the paper leaked; the SOG probe identified an organised network that profited candidates in this and later exams. The network's leader was arrested on 29 February 2024 during the wider crackdown on Rajasthan leak gangs, and told police he had also supplied papers for the 2021 SI exam. The re-test of September 2021 was later found compromised as well (see separate entry).", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2024-02-29", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "body": "RSMSSB", "body_name": "Rajasthan Staff Selection Board", "exam": "Junior Engineer (Civil, Degree) 2020", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 833, "fir_date": "2020-12-09", "year": 2020, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "15 trainee Rajasthan SIs detained; JEn 2020 gang leader's arrest disclosed", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/15-trainee-rajasthan-sis-detained-in-recruitment-exam-scam/articleshow/108221625.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/15-trainee-rajasthan-sis-detained-in-recruitment-exam-scam/articleshow/108221625.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2024-03-04" }, { "key": "s_toi2", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Jr engineer retest: paper leaked a 2nd time, SOG arrests PWD official", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jr-engineer-retest-paper-leaked-a2nd-time-sog-arrests-pwd-official/articleshow/127785028.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jr-engineer-retest-paper-leaked-a2nd-time-sog-arrests-pwd-official/articleshow/127785028.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2026-01-30" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2020-12-08", "court_or_agency": "RSMSSB", "description": "Exam cancelled over the leak; re-test ordered.", "source": "s_toi2" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2020-12-09", "court_or_agency": "Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police", "description": "SOG case into the organised leak network.", "source": "s_toi2" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2024-02-29", "court_or_agency": "SOG, Rajasthan Police", "description": "Alleged leader of the JEn 2020 leak network arrested.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "RSMSSB", "order_date": "2020-12-08", "scope": "Re-test held in September 2021 (itself later found compromised).", "source": "s_toi2" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2020-12-08", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2020-12-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "SOG case into the organised leak network.", "source": "s_toi2" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2024-02-29", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Alleged leader of the JEn 2020 leak network arrested.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "assam-police-si-2020", "title": "Assam SI exam halted mid-way; retired DIG among 37 arrested", "exam_date": "2020-09-20", "leak_date": "2020-09-20", "surfaced_date": "2020-09-20", "candidates_affected": 66000, "summary": "The written test for 597 unarmed SI posts in Assam was cancelled minutes after it began on 20 September 2020, when the paper was found circulating. Police arrested 37 people, including a retired DIG and an expelled political leader; the recruitment board disengaged the consortium conducting the exam after investigators flagged its personnel. The re-test was held on 22 November 2020.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2020-10-09", "states": [ "Assam" ], "body": "SLPRB", "body_name": "State Level Police Recruitment Board, Assam", "exam": "Sub-Inspector (UB) Recruitment 2020", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 2071, "fir_date": "2020-09-21", "year": 2020, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Assam police exam paper leak: services of consortium engaged in holding tests suspended", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/assam-police-exam-paper-leak-services-of-consortium-engaged-in-holding-tests-suspended/articleshow/78587167.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/assam-police-exam-paper-leak-services-of-consortium-engaged-in-holding-tests-suspended/articleshow/78587167.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2020-10-10" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2020-09-20", "court_or_agency": "State Level Police Recruitment Board, Assam", "description": "Exam cancelled minutes after commencement.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2020-09-21", "court_or_agency": "Assam Police", "description": "Cases registered; probe covered the exam-conducting consortium.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2020-10-09", "court_or_agency": "Assam Police", "description": "37 arrested incl. a retired DIG and an expelled political leader.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "SLPRB", "order_date": "2020-09-20", "execution_date": "2020-11-22", "scope": "Re-test held on 22 November 2020.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2020-09-20", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2020-09-21", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Cases registered; probe covered the exam-conducting consortium.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2020-10-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "37 arrested incl. a retired DIG and an expelled political leader.", "source": "s_toi" } ] }, { "slug": "gujarat-bin-sachivalay-2019", "title": "Gujarat Bin Sachivalay clerk exam cancelled on SIT finding of leak", "exam_date": "2019-11-17", "leak_date": "2019-11-17", "surfaced_date": "2019-11-17", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Applicants alleged the Bin Sachivalay clerk paper and answers circulated on WhatsApp before the 17 November 2019 exam. After protests, the state formed an SIT, which concluded within ten days — using seized phones, CCTV footage and FSL analysis — that the paper had leaked. The government cancelled the exam on 16 December 2019.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2019-12-16", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "body": "GSEB-R", "body_name": "Gujarat Govt. Recruitment (Bin Sachivalay)", "exam": "Bin Sachivalay Clerk & Office Asst (Gr-3) 2019", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "ALLEGED", "documented_status": "ALLEGED", "days_since_movement": 2369, "fir_date": null, "year": 2019, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ie", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Gujarat govt cancels recruitment exam after 'paper leak' protests", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/education/gujarat-govt-cancels-recruitment-exam-after-paper-leak-protests-6170877/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://indianexpress.com/article/education/gujarat-govt-cancels-recruitment-exam-after-paper-leak-protests-6170877/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2019-12-17" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2019-12-06", "court_or_agency": "SIT, Government of Gujarat", "description": "SIT formed; phones and CCTV sent to FSL; primary conclusion: paper leaked.", "source": "s_ie" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2019-12-16", "court_or_agency": "Government of Gujarat", "description": "Exam cancelled on the SIT's primary report.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of Gujarat", "order_date": "2019-12-16", "scope": "Exam re-conducted later.", "source": "s_ie" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2019-11-17", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." } ] }, { "slug": "kerala-psc-cpo-2019", "title": "Kerala PSC CPO exam fraud: student leaders and a police officer chargesheeted", "exam_date": "2019-02-09", "leak_date": "2019-02-09", "surfaced_date": "2019-07-15", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "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.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2023-04-05", "states": [ "Kerala" ], "body": "KPSC", "body_name": "Kerala Public Service Commission", "exam": "Civil Police Officer Recruitment 2019", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 1163, "fir_date": "2019-07-20", "year": 2019, "sources": [ { "key": "s_om", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists", "publisher": "Onmanorama", "url": "https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/04/05/psc-question-paper-leak-chargesheet-against-six-including-sfi-activists.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/04/05/psc-question-paper-leak-chargesheet-against-six-including-sfi-activists.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2023-04-05" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2019-07-20", "court_or_agency": "Crime Branch, Kerala Police", "description": "Case after the exam fraud surfaced during another investigation.", "source": "s_om" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2019-08-01", "court_or_agency": "Crime Branch, Kerala Police", "description": "Accused incl. student leaders and a civil police officer arrested over the probe.", "source": "s_om" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2023-04-05", "court_or_agency": "Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate", "description": "Charge sheet against six under IPC and cyber-law provisions carrying up to seven years.", "source": "s_om" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "result_withheld", "ordered_by": "Kerala PSC", "scope": "Fraudulent rank-list placements removed.", "source": "s_om" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2019-07-15", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2019-07-20", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case after the exam fraud surfaced during another investigation.", "source": "s_om" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2019-08-01", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Accused incl. student leaders and a civil police officer arrested over the probe.", "source": "s_om" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2023-04-05", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Charge sheet against six under IPC and cyber-law provisions carrying up to seven years.", "source": "s_om" } ] }, { "slug": "gujarat-lrd-constable-2018", "title": "Gujarat Lokrakshak exam called off hours before start", "exam_date": "2018-12-02", "leak_date": "2018-12-02", "surfaced_date": "2018-12-02", "candidates_affected": 875000, "summary": "The Lokrakshak (police constable) recruitment exam, for which about 8.75 lakh candidates were registered, was cancelled hours before it was to begin on 2 December 2018 after the paper leaked. Thirteen people were arrested in the first week; the exam was re-scheduled for 6 January 2019.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2018-12-09", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "body": "LRB", "body_name": "Lokrakshak Recruitment Board, Gujarat", "exam": "Lokrakshak (Constable) Recruitment 2018", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 2741, "fir_date": null, "year": 2018, "sources": [ { "key": "s_bs", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Gujarat govt puts off Dec 23 forest guard examination (recounts LRD cancellation)", "publisher": "Business Standard / PTI", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gujarat-govt-puts-off-dec-23-forest-guard-examination-118121001029_1.html", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gujarat-govt-puts-off-dec-23-forest-guard-examination-118121001029_1.html", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2018-12-10" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2018-12-02", "court_or_agency": "Lokrakshak Recruitment Board, Gujarat", "description": "Exam cancelled hours before commencement due to the leak.", "source": "s_bs" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2018-12-09", "court_or_agency": "Gujarat Police", "description": "13 arrested in connection with the leak.", "source": "s_bs" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "LRB", "order_date": "2018-12-02", "execution_date": "2019-01-06", "scope": "Re-test held on 6 January 2019.", "source": "s_bs" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2018-12-02", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2018-12-09", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "13 arrested in connection with the leak.", "source": "s_bs" } ] }, { "slug": "cbse-class12-economics-2018", "title": "CBSE 2018 leaks: nationwide Economics re-exam for lakhs of students", "exam_date": "2018-03-26", "leak_date": "2018-03-26", "surfaced_date": "2018-03-28", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Handwritten copies of the CBSE Class 12 Economics and Class 10 Mathematics papers circulated on WhatsApp before the exams; the board itself received a copy of the maths paper by email nine hours before the test. Delhi Police's crime branch registered cases and questioned dozens; teachers at a private school and a tutor were arrested for the Economics leak. The Economics paper was re-held nationwide on 25 April 2018; the Class 10 maths re-exam was ultimately dropped as the leak was found confined to Delhi and Haryana.", "leak_vector": "exam_centre", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2018-04-01", "states": [ "Delhi", "Haryana", "Pan-India" ], "body": "CBSE", "body_name": "Central Board of Secondary Education", "exam": "Class 12 Economics / Class 10 Maths Board Exams 2018", "purpose": "school_board", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 2993, "fir_date": "2018-03-28", "year": 2018, "sources": [ { "key": "s_ndtv", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "CBSE re-exam updates: 5 tutors, 18 students questioned by police", "publisher": "NDTV", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cbse-paper-leak-updates-5-tutors-18-students-questioned-by-police-1830522", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cbse-paper-leak-updates-5-tutors-18-students-questioned-by-police-1830522", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2018-03-30" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2018-03-28", "court_or_agency": "Delhi Police (Crime Branch)", "description": "Two FIRs over the Economics and Mathematics leaks; SIT questioning of students and tutors.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "action_type": "RE_EXAM_ORDERED", "action_date": "2018-03-30", "court_or_agency": "CBSE", "description": "Economics re-exam announced for 25 April nationwide; Class 10 maths re-exam later dropped.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2018-04-01", "court_or_agency": "Delhi Police", "description": "Two schoolteachers and a private tutor arrested in the Economics leak.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "CBSE", "order_date": "2018-03-30", "execution_date": "2018-04-25", "scope": "Class 12 Economics re-held nationwide; Class 10 Maths re-exam waived.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2018-03-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2018-03-28", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Two FIRs over the Economics and Mathematics leaks; SIT questioning of students and tutors.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2018-04-01", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Two schoolteachers and a private tutor arrested in the Economics leak.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ] }, { "slug": "ssc-cgl-2017", "title": "SSC CGL 2017 leak: SC called the system 'tainted'; CBI booked vendor staff", "exam_date": "2018-02-21", "leak_date": "2018-02-21", "surfaced_date": "2018-02-21", "candidates_affected": 3000000, "summary": "During the online CGL 2017 Tier-II exam in February 2018, a screenshot of the live paper circulated, sparking weeks of street protests by aspirants. The CBI registered an FIR against 17 people, including ten employees of the exam-technology vendor — among them the custodian of the question bank — and seven candidates. The Supreme Court stayed the results in August 2018, observing that the entire system seemed compromised, and allowed the re-examination's results in April 2019. Three accused were arrested in June 2019.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2019-06-04", "states": [ "Delhi", "Pan-India" ], "body": "SSC", "body_name": "Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "Combined Graduate Level (CGL) 2017 — Tier II", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 2564, "fir_date": "2018-05-22", "year": 2018, "sources": [ { "key": "s_et", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "CBI books 17 including Sify employees in SSC paper leak case", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cbi-books-17-including-sify-employees-in-ssc-paper-leak-case/articleshow/64291923.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cbi-books-17-including-sify-employees-in-ssc-paper-leak-case/articleshow/64291923.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2018-05-23" }, { "key": "s_ndtv", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "SSC paper leak case: Supreme Court directs CBI to file status report", "publisher": "NDTV", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ssc-paper-leak-case-supreme-court-directs-cbi-to-file-status-report-2020207", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ssc-paper-leak-case-supreme-court-directs-cbi-to-file-status-report-2020207", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2019-04-09" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2018-05-22", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "FIR against 17 incl. 10 vendor employees and 7 candidates; searches at 12 locations.", "source": "s_et" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2018-08-31", "court_or_agency": "Supreme Court of India", "description": "Results of CGL and CHSL 2017 stayed; court orally observed the whole system appeared compromised.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "action_type": "OTHER_ORDER", "action_date": "2019-04-01", "court_or_agency": "Supreme Court of India", "description": "SSC allowed to declare the results of the re-examination held in 2018.", "source": "s_ndtv" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2019-06-04", "court_or_agency": "Central Bureau of Investigation", "description": "Three accused arrested in the leak case.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "SSC / Supreme Court of India", "order_date": "2018-08-31", "scope": "Tier-II re-examination held in 2018; results released April 2019.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2018-02-21", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2018-05-22", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR against 17 incl. 10 vendor employees and 7 candidates; searches at 12 locations.", "source": "s_et" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2019-06-04", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Three accused arrested in the leak case.", "source": "s_ndtv" } ] }, { "slug": "bssc-inter-level-2017", "title": "BSSC inter-level leak: commission chairman, an IAS officer, arrested", "exam_date": "2017-02-05", "leak_date": "2017-02-05", "surfaced_date": "2017-02-08", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Question papers of BSSC's inter-level exam (held 29 January and 5 February 2017) circulated on WhatsApp before the tests. An SIT arrested the commission's secretary, and on 24 February 2017 arrested its chairman — a senior IAS officer — from Hazaribagh, along with family members; he was suspended and the exam cancelled. The Supreme Court granted him bail in October 2020 after nearly 3 years and 7 months in custody, noting the charge sheet had been filed and trial would take long.", "leak_vector": "insider_digital", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2020-10-06", "states": [ "Bihar", "Jharkhand" ], "body": "BSSC", "body_name": "Bihar Staff Selection Commission", "exam": "Inter-Level Combined Competitive Exam 2014 (held 2017)", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "days_since_movement": 2074, "fir_date": "2017-02-08", "year": 2017, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi1", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/sc-grants-bail-to-ias-officer-in-bssc-job-scam-case/articleshow/78540796.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/sc-grants-bail-to-ias-officer-in-bssc-job-scam-case/articleshow/78540796.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2020-10-08" }, { "key": "s_toi2", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Question leak: govt suspends former job panel chairman", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/question-leak-govt-suspends-former-job-panel-chairman/articleshow/57339239.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/question-leak-govt-suspends-former-job-panel-chairman/articleshow/57339239.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2017-02-26" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2017-02-08", "court_or_agency": "Agamkuan PS, Patna / SIT", "description": "FIR after admit cards and documents were recovered from the commission secretary's residence.", "source": "s_toi1" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2017-02-24", "court_or_agency": "SIT, Patna Police", "description": "Commission chairman (IAS) arrested from Hazaribagh; secretary also arrested; chairman suspended.", "source": "s_toi2" }, { "action_type": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "action_date": "2017-08-20", "court_or_agency": "SIT, Patna Police", "description": "Charge sheet filed (recorded in the Supreme Court's 2020 bail order).", "source": "s_toi1" }, { "action_type": "BAIL_GRANTED", "action_date": "2020-10-06", "court_or_agency": "Supreme Court of India", "description": "Regular bail after ~3 years 7 months custody; conditions against influencing trial.", "source": "s_toi1" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "BSSC", "order_date": "2017-02-28", "scope": "Inter-level exam cancelled; re-conducted years later.", "source": "s_toi2" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2017-02-08", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2017-02-08", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "FIR after admit cards and documents were recovered from the commission secretary's residence.", "source": "s_toi1" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2017-02-24", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Commission chairman (IAS) arrested from Hazaribagh; secretary also arrested; chairman suspended.", "source": "s_toi2" }, { "old": "ARRESTS_MADE", "new": "CHARGESHEET_FILED", "date": "2017-08-20", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Charge sheet filed (recorded in the Supreme Court's 2020 bail order).", "source": "s_toi1" } ] }, { "slug": "punjab-recruitment-cluster-2015", "title": "Punjab 2015-16: one printing-press module leaked a dozen exams", "exam_date": null, "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2016-10-16", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "Punjab Vigilance Bureau investigations from 2015–17 unearthed a module that leaked question papers printed at a Delhi government press for a dozen recruitment exams across Punjab and neighbouring states — JBT/TGT/NTT teachers, junior engineers, patwaris and corporation engineers among them — with about 70 arrests including candidates and conduits. The patwari exam was scrapped on leak evidence. The alleged head of the module, a Lucknow resident, and a government press employee were arrested in May 2017.", "leak_vector": "printing_press", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2017-05-17", "states": [ "Punjab", "Haryana", "Delhi", "Uttar Pradesh", "Bihar" ], "body": "PB-REC", "body_name": "Punjab State Recruitment Bodies (multiple)", "exam": "Teacher/JE/Patwari recruitment exams 2015-16", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 3312, "fir_date": "2016-10-16", "year": 2016, "sources": [ { "key": "s_trib", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Trusted, tested. Failed — Punjab recruitment exam leaks", "publisher": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/perspective/trusted-tested-failed-313409/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/perspective/trusted-tested-failed-313409/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2016-10-23" }, { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "2015 paper leak scam organiser in vigilance bureau of Punjab net", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/2015-paper-leak-scam-mastermind-in-vigilance-bureau-of-punjab-net/articleshow/58727398.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/2015-paper-leak-scam-mastermind-in-vigilance-bureau-of-punjab-net/articleshow/58727398.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2017-05-18" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2016-10-16", "court_or_agency": "Punjab Vigilance Bureau", "description": "Module busted that leaked the irrigation SDE paper; linked exams identified.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2016-10-20", "court_or_agency": "Punjab Vigilance Bureau", "description": "About 70 arrests incl. ~60 candidates and conduits from Bihar, Haryana and UP.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2016-10-21", "court_or_agency": "Government of Punjab", "description": "Patwari recruitment exam scrapped on leak evidence.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2017-05-17", "court_or_agency": "Punjab Vigilance Bureau, Mohali", "description": "Alleged head of the module and a Delhi government-press employee arrested.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Government of Punjab", "order_date": "2016-10-21", "scope": "Patwari exam scrapped; re-conduct followed.", "source": "s_trib" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2016-10-16", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2016-10-16", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Module busted that leaked the irrigation SDE paper; linked exams identified.", "source": "s_trib" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2016-10-20", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "About 70 arrests incl. ~60 candidates and conduits from Bihar, Haryana and UP.", "source": "s_trib" } ] }, { "slug": "aipmt-2015", "title": "AIPMT 2015: answer keys beamed to Bluetooth devices; SC scrapped the exam", "exam_date": "2015-05-03", "leak_date": "2015-05-03", "surfaced_date": "2015-05-03", "candidates_affected": 630000, "summary": "During AIPMT 2015, answer keys were transmitted to candidates through electronic devices, surfacing first in Rohtak, Haryana, where police registered a case the same day and arrested dozens including two dentists and an MBBS student. With the network's reach across states unresolved and the alleged organiser absconding, the Supreme Court cancelled the entire exam on 15 June 2015 and ordered a re-test, held on 25 July 2015 for about 6.3 lakh candidates.", "leak_vector": "solver_gang", "confidence": "B", "verification_status": "reviewer_approved", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2015-06-19", "states": [ "Haryana", "Pan-India" ], "body": "CBSE", "body_name": "Central Board of Secondary Education", "exam": "AIPMT 2015 (pre-NEET medical entrance)", "purpose": "university_entrance", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 4010, "fir_date": "2015-05-03", "year": 2015, "sources": [ { "key": "s_sc", "source_type": "court_order", "title": "Record of proceedings, AIPMT 2015 answer-key leak matter", "publisher": "Supreme Court of India", "tier": 1, "document_number": "W.P.(C) (2015), AIPMT leak ROP", "document_date": "2015-06-09", "url": "https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/courtnic/rop/2015/15886/rop_293750.pdf" }, { "key": "s_trib", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "AIPMT paper leak organiser held in Rohtak", "publisher": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/crime/aipmt-paper-leak-mastermind-held-in-rohtak", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/crime/aipmt-paper-leak-mastermind-held-in-rohtak", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2015-06-20" }, { "key": "s_ask", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "AIPMT 2015 result delayed due to paper leak investigation", "publisher": "AskIITians (news)", "url": "https://www.askiitians.com/blog/aipmt-2015-result-june-12-delayed-due-paper-leak-investigation/", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.askiitians.com/blog/aipmt-2015-result-june-12-delayed-due-paper-leak-investigation/", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2015-06-10" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2015-05-03", "court_or_agency": "PS PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana", "description": "Case after answer keys were found transmitted to mobile devices before the exam ended.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "PS PGIMS Rohtak case (03.05.2015)" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2015-05-10", "court_or_agency": "Haryana Police (CIA-2, Rohtak)", "description": "12 accused and 25 candidates arrested in the first weeks, incl. two dentists and an MBBS student.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "PS PGIMS Rohtak case (03.05.2015)" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2015-06-15", "court_or_agency": "Supreme Court of India", "description": "Exam cancelled; CBSE directed to hold a re-test within four weeks.", "source": "s_sc", "case_identifier": "AIPMT W.P.(C), order dt. 15.06.2015" }, { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2015-06-19", "court_or_agency": "Haryana Police, Rohtak", "description": "Alleged organiser of the answer-key network arrested after a Rs 1 lakh bounty.", "source": "s_trib", "case_identifier": "PS PGIMS Rohtak case (03.05.2015)" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "Supreme Court of India", "order_date": "2015-06-15", "source": "s_sc" }, { "outcome": "re_exam_held", "ordered_by": "Supreme Court of India", "order_date": "2015-06-15", "execution_date": "2015-07-25", "scope": "Re-test held nationwide on 25 July 2015.", "source": "s_sc" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2015-05-03", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2015-05-03", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Case after answer keys were found transmitted to mobile devices before the exam ended.", "source": "s_sc" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2015-05-10", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "12 accused and 25 candidates arrested in the first weeks, incl. two dentists and an MBBS student.", "source": "s_sc" } ] }, { "slug": "vyapam-constable-2013", "title": "Vyapam (terminal case): five convicted for 2013 constable test impersonation", "exam_date": "2013-04-07", "leak_date": null, "surfaced_date": "2013-07-07", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "In one of the few exam-fraud cases in this register to reach judgment, a special CBI court in Bhopal on 29 September 2022 sentenced five men to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 10,000 fines each for rigging the 2013 MP police constable recruitment test: four had hired impersonators to write the exam, and one wrote it for another. 32 witnesses and 220 documents were examined. The case is part of the wider Vyapam scandal, exposed in July 2013, in which over 2,000 people had been arrested by mid-2015 and the Supreme Court moved all cases to the CBI in July 2015.", "leak_vector": "solver_gang", "confidence": "A", "verification_status": "reviewer_approved", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2022-09-29", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "body": "MPPEB", "body_name": "M.P. Professional Examination Board (Vyapam)", "exam": "Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "CONVICTED", "documented_status": "CONVICTED", "days_since_movement": 1351, "fir_date": "2013-07-08", "year": 2013, "sources": [ { "key": "s_judg", "source_type": "court_order", "title": "Judgment, MP Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013 impersonation case", "publisher": "Special Judge (CBI), Bhopal", "tier": 1, "document_number": "Spl. Sessions (CBI) Bhopal, judgment dt. 29.09.2022", "document_date": "2022-09-29" }, { "key": "s_scvy", "source_type": "court_order", "title": "Order transferring Vyapam cases to CBI", "publisher": "Supreme Court of India", "tier": 1, "document_number": "W.P.(C) 372/2015, order dt. 09.07.2015", "document_date": "2015-07-09" }, { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Vyapam case: five get 7 years rigorous imprisonment for irregularities in 2013 cop recruitment test", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/vyapam-case-five-get-7-years-rigorous-imprisonment-for-irregularities-in-2013-cop-recruitment-test/articleshow/94561429.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/vyapam-case-five-get-7-years-rigorous-imprisonment-for-irregularities-in-2013-cop-recruitment-test/articleshow/94561429.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2022-09-30" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2013-07-08", "court_or_agency": "Indore Police / STF Madhya Pradesh", "description": "Vyapam impersonation racket exposed via the July 2013 Indore arrests; STF constituted 26.08.2013.", "source": "s_toi", "case_identifier": "STF Vyapam cases (2013)" }, { "action_type": "CASE_TRANSFERRED", "action_date": "2015-07-09", "court_or_agency": "Supreme Court of India", "description": "All Vyapam cases transferred to the CBI.", "source": "s_scvy", "case_identifier": "W.P.(C) 372/2015" }, { "action_type": "CONVICTED", "action_date": "2022-09-29", "court_or_agency": "Special Judge (CBI), Bhopal", "description": "Five convicted under IPC 419/420/467/468/471 and the MP Recognized Examinations Act; 7 years RI and Rs 10,000 fine each.", "source": "s_judg", "case_identifier": "Spl. Sessions (CBI) Bhopal, judgment dt. 29.09.2022" } ], "re_exams": [], "actors": [ { "full_name": "Kamal Kishore", "role_type": "candidate", "position_at_time": "Candidate, MP Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013", "legal_status": "CONVICTED", "status_date": "2022-09-29", "naming_document": "s_judg" }, { "full_name": "Amar Singh", "role_type": "candidate", "position_at_time": "Candidate, MP Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013", "legal_status": "CONVICTED", "status_date": "2022-09-29", "naming_document": "s_judg" }, { "full_name": "Nagendra Singh", "role_type": "candidate", "position_at_time": "Candidate, MP Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013", "legal_status": "CONVICTED", "status_date": "2022-09-29", "naming_document": "s_judg" }, { "full_name": "Suresh Singh", "role_type": "candidate", "position_at_time": "Candidate, MP Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013", "legal_status": "CONVICTED", "status_date": "2022-09-29", "naming_document": "s_judg" }, { "full_name": "Ravi Kumar Rajput", "role_type": "solver", "position_at_time": "Impersonator (wrote the test for a candidate)", "legal_status": "CONVICTED", "status_date": "2022-09-29", "naming_document": "s_judg" } ], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2013-07-07", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "FIR_REGISTERED", "date": "2013-07-08", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Vyapam impersonation racket exposed via the July 2013 Indore arrests; STF constituted 26.08.2013.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "old": "FIR_REGISTERED", "new": "CONVICTED", "date": "2022-09-29", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Five convicted under IPC 419/420/467/468/471 and the MP Recognized Examinations Act; 7 years RI and Rs 10,000 fine each.", "source": "s_judg" } ] }, { "slug": "tnpsc-group2-2012", "title": "TNPSC Group II exam cancelled after Erode leak", "exam_date": "2012-08-12", "leak_date": "2012-08-12", "surfaced_date": "2012-08-12", "candidates_affected": null, "summary": "TNPSC cancelled its Group II services written test of 12 August 2012 after a question paper leak surfaced; a candidate was found outside an Erode exam hall with the leaked questions half an hour before the exam. Police arrested at least five people across Dharmapuri and Erode, including a couple, and an internal committee was formed. A re-exam was announced.", "leak_vector": "unknown", "confidence": "C", "verification_status": "editor_verified", "last_reviewed": "2026-06-11", "last_docket_movement": "2012-08-13", "states": [ "Tamil Nadu" ], "body": "TNPSC", "body_name": "Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission", "exam": "Group II Services Exam 2012", "purpose": "government_recruitment", "status": "STALLED", "documented_status": "ARRESTS_MADE", "days_since_movement": 5050, "fir_date": "2012-08-12", "year": 2012, "sources": [ { "key": "s_toi", "source_type": "news_report", "title": "Tamil Nadu cancels govt exam after leak", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-cancels-govt-exam-after-leak/articleshow/15485647.cms", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-cancels-govt-exam-after-leak/articleshow/15485647.cms", "tier": 2, "document_date": "2012-08-14" } ], "legal_actions": [ { "action_type": "ARREST", "action_date": "2012-08-12", "court_or_agency": "Tamil Nadu Police (Erode/Dharmapuri)", "description": "Arrests incl. a candidate found with leaked questions before the exam; remands by an Erode court.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "FIR_REGISTERED", "action_date": "2012-08-12", "court_or_agency": "Tamil Nadu Police", "description": "Cases registered as teams traced the leak network across districts.", "source": "s_toi" }, { "action_type": "EXAM_CANCELLED", "action_date": "2012-08-13", "court_or_agency": "TNPSC", "description": "Written test cancelled; re-exam announced.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "re_exams": [ { "outcome": "exam_cancelled_full", "ordered_by": "TNPSC", "order_date": "2012-08-13", "scope": "Re-exam announced and held later.", "source": "s_toi" } ], "actors": [], "status_log": [ { "old": null, "new": "ALLEGED", "date": "2012-08-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Allegations surfaced publicly." }, { "old": "ALLEGED", "new": "ARRESTS_MADE", "date": "2012-08-12", "by": "seed-import", "reason": "Arrests incl. a candidate found with leaked questions before the exam; remands by an Erode court.", "source": "s_toi" } ] } ], "bodies": {}, "states": {} }