Huge protests in U’khand over paper leak

State govt orders probe by Special Investigation Team into UKSSSC paper leak allegations

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

After angry widespread protests rocked the capital city of Uttarakhand over allegations of the question paper leak of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) exam, which was held on Sunday, the state government has announced a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).

The SIT probe on the alleged leak of three pages of a question paper of the UKSSSC graduate-level examination will be supervised by a retired High Court judge. The SIT will submit its report within a month, Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan said at a press conference here. An Additional Superintendent of Police will lead the probe team, which will have jurisdiction over the entire state to conduct a thorough investigation into the UKSSSC leak on Sunday, he said.

Screenshots of three pages of the question paper for the graduate-level competitive examination conducted by the commission on September 21 went viral on social media, showing that the pictures were taken shortly after the examination began. ‘The alleged paper leak caused a huge stir across the state.