Jharkhand CID arrests three more candidates in exam irregularities case

Jharkhand’s Criminal Investigation Department has arrested three more candidates in connection with alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level examination held in 2023. The CID identified the arrested people as Ajay Kumar of Koderma district and Sanjay Kumar and Ramakrishna Kumar Singh, both of Giridih district. The agency said the candidates had obtained unfair advantages in the examination.

With the latest arrests, the number of people apprehended in the case has risen to 19, according to an official statement cited by The Hindu. The arrests follow protests by job aspirants, who began demonstrating on July 25. They had demanded the cancellation of examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, as well as a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into alleged irregularities.

The state government announced on August 18 that several recruitment examinations, including the JSSC-CGL-2023 test, would be cancelled. The aspirants later withdrew their agitation. The government’s decision was subsequently challenged by candidates who had cleared the examination.

The Jharkhand High Court later stayed the cancellation, leaving the status of the examination subject to the court proceedings. The CID’s latest arrests add to the investigation into alleged examination malpractice. The supplied material does not state the specific evidence against the three candidates beyond the agency’s assertion that they received unfair advantages.