APPSC paper leak: CBI files 3rd supplementary chargesheet against 1 accused

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaAugust 30, 2024

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded the investigation with the filing of 3rd Supplementary chargesheet against an accused in the court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, Yupia (Arunachal Pradesh) in a case related to alleged leakage of question paper of an examination conducted by Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) for the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil).

The accused had issued a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to an accused middleman on behalf of her son (candidate) for acquiring the leaked questions of AE (Civil) Examination, 2022.

The middleman and candidate were chargesheeted earlier in the initial chargesheet filed on December 8, 2022 along with six others including a then-teacher of a private Coaching Institute and then Deputy Secretary-cum-Deputy Controller of Examinations of APPSC, Arunachal Pradesh.

Further investigation was kept open to look into other aspects of the case.

Accordingly, during further investigation, 1st and 2nd supplementary chargesheets were filed on January 31, 2023 and March 30, 2023 against a private person & then Deputy Controller of Examinations of APPSC and a private person respectively.

It was also revealed during the investigation that then Deputy Controller of Examination in Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission in connivance with the middleman and others had leaked the Questions of AE (Civil) Examination, 2022 to different candidates instead of a huge sum of money.

CBI had registered the case on October 26, 2022, against a teacher of a private coaching institute and unknown officers /officials of Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), based on notifications issued by the Arunachal Pradesh government and the Central government respectively transferring the SIC (Vig.) P.S. FIR No. 11/2022 dated 27.09.2022 based on Itanagar PS case No 0229 dated 10.09.2022 lodged by a complainant.

It was alleged that leakage of question papers took place before the examination of Asstt. Engineer (Civil) for the year 2022 conducted by Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, instead of illegal gratification.