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The state vigilance division has arrested a former Secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Staff Service Commission (HPSSC) in reference to the Junior Office Assistant (Information Technology) examination paper leak case, officers stated.
Jatinder Kumar was referred to as in for questioning on the vigilance police station in Hamirpur in reference to the case on April 4 and later, arrested. He will probably be produced in court docket on April 5, they stated.
DIG, Vigilance Bureau, G Shiva Kumar had stated on April 1 that permission will probably be sought from the federal government below Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 to register an FIR towards extremely positioned officers below scanner in the case.
The former Secretary of the fee had been referred to as a number of occasions for questioning and additional inquiry was occurring towards him, he had said.
So far, leaks have been detected in about 30 examinations carried out by the HPSSC in the previous. The vigilance division is probing irregularities in 22 examinations and thus far, 5 FIRs have been registered. A complete of 15 folks have been arrested in reference to the paper leak instances.
The JOA (IT) paper leak rip-off was unearthed on December 23 final yr when the vigilance sleuths arrested HPSSC senior assistant Uma Azad red-handed with the solved query paper and money amounting to ₹2.5 lakh, in addition to a laptop computer and different paperwork.
The State Government had suspended the functioning of the HPSSC over the recruitment examination paper leak and postponed all of the examinations.
