BPSC Cancels Bihar Civil Services Exam After Paper Leak, Seeks Cyber Cell Probe

The inquiry committee formed after the leak of the Bihar Public Service Commission's (BPSC's) 67th Combined Preliminary Examination paper has submitted its report.

Following the report, the BPSC cancelled the exam.

The prelims paper was leaked right before the commencement of the examination on Sunday, 8 May, and had gone viral on many Telegram groups.

BPSC chairman RK Mahajan had constituted a three-member team to probe the paper leak, from which a report was sought within 24 hours. The committee submitted its report to the commission's chairman within three hours after conducting the investigation.

Meanwhile, the BPSC has informed that it requested the Bihar DGP to get the question paper leak investigated by the cyber cell.

Earlier, while speaking to the media, BPSC secretary Jiyut Singh had admitted that the paper that went viral on social media was the same as what was given to the candidates in the examination.

As per media reports, Dilip Kumar, president of Rashtriya Chhatra Ekta Manch, had sent a copy of the viral paper in an e-mail to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar about 10 minutes before the start of the BPSC Prelims examination and demanded that the examination be cancelled.

'Took Immediate Action in the Matter': CM Nitish Kumar

Meanwhile, CM Nitish Kumar said that the Bihar government took immediate action in the matter. "We are checking where and how the paper was leaked. The enquiry has begun. Police are investigating. I have asked them to speed it up. Anyone found involved would be taken action against," he said.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav called the whole incident "unfortunate, sad & condemnable."

"This has happened several times in various exams, including school papers. But no one learns. We have taken this up several times but to no avail. Students' lives are being played with," Yadav said, as per ANI.

Reacting to his statement, Bihar Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad said, "Our government has a clear view on this matter, and we work on zero tolerance. We'll take strict action. Our government does not run on Tejashwi Yadav's statement, our job is to take action on such incidents, and we will take it."

(With inputs from ANI.)