New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against several persons at the request of the Arunachal Pradesh government in connection with the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) question paper leak case, the agency said on Friday.
The SIC, Vigilance, police station Itanagar was looking into the matter, but now the probe has been taken over by the CBI.
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The allegations include leakage of question papers of both preliminary and mains and selection of undeserving candidates in APPSCCE 2017 conducted by the commission on July 29, 2018, and November 10, 2018, and other offences committed in the course of or in relation to the same transaction or arising out of the same facts.
“Searches were conducted at nine different places including at Siang, East Siang, Upper Siang, Itanagar, Aharlagun etc districts (all in Arunachal Pradesh) which led to the recovery of several incriminating documents/articles, handwritten questions in APTET-2016, copy of Agreement, copy of Sale Agreement etc,” an official said, adding that investigations are on.