TSPSC Paper Leak Row: Students protest, SIT investigation, re-exam – what has happened so far

On the suspected leak of other question papers, a senior police official said that investigations were still on and the devices seized from the accused were handed over to the forensics team and forensic analysis can ascertain if they had leaked other papers.

On the suspected leak of other question papers, a senior police official said that investigations were still on (PTI photo)

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The TSPSC on March 11 postponed the written examination scheduled to be held on March 12 for the post of Town Planning Building Overseer on account of suspected hacking. Protesting over the question paper leak and demanding the suspension of the TSPSC chairman, members of BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and other students’ organisations held protests in front of the TSPSC office and at Osmania University and other places in the city on Tuesday.

On the suspected leak of other question papers, a senior police official said that investigations were still on and the devices seized from the accused were handed over to the forensics team and forensic analysis can ascertain if they had leaked other papers.

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Taking serious note of the alleged leak of question papers of recruitment tests by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC), Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s office on Tuesday sought a detailed report from the Commission within 48 hours. The case of question paper leak was on Tuesday transferred to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad Police for further investigation.

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The Raj Bhavan, under the instructions of the Governor, has written a letter to the TSPSC secretary.

In the letter, it favoured a thorough inquiry into the issue and sought a report within 48 hours on the alleged leak and the corrective measures proposed to be taken to avoid recurrence of such incidents in order to protect the future of genuine candidates apart from initiating stringent action against the culprits, a Raj Bhavan press communique said on Tuesday night.

(With PTI inputs)

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