11 August,2026 08:41 PM IST | Ranchi | mid-day online correspondent
The accused, identified as Arun Kumar, was arrested in Mumbai. Representational Pic
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Ranchi Police has arrested the director of the agency responsible for conducting the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) Junior Engineer (Diploma) Competitive Examination, 2022, in connection with the paper leak case, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused, identified as Arun Kumar, was arrested in Mumbai after investigators uncovered evidence suggesting the examination agency's alleged involvement in the scam, reported IANS.
The JSSC conducted the examination on July 3, 2022, for recruitment to 1,279 Junior Engineer (Diploma) posts. However, reports emerged that the answer key for the first shift had gone viral and that the question paper had been leaked before the examination began.
Following the controversy, the Commission cancelled the examination.
An FIR was registered at Namkum police station on July 14, 2022, based on a written complaint filed by candidate Mithlesh Kumar Mahto, the news agency reported.
The case was registered under various provisions of the BNS, the Information Technology Act and the Bihar Examination Conduct Act. Subsequently, a Special Investigation Team was constituted to probe the matter.
According to police, the investigation confirmed that the question paper had been leaked. During the probe, officials found that the responsibility for conducting the examination had been assigned to Delhi-based Bynisys Technology Private Limited, reported IANS.
Interrogations and evidence collected during the investigation allegedly revealed the involvement of a syndicate that facilitated the leak.
Police claimed that members of the network provided several candidates in Patna with answers in advance and made them memorise the answers before the examination.
Investigators also uncovered the alleged role of the examination agency and its operators in the conspiracy.
Acting on intelligence inputs that Arun Kumar was hiding in Mumbai, a Ranchi Police team conducted a raid and arrested him.
Kumar is a resident of Khokhuna village under the Chiksaura police station limits in Bihar's Nalanda district.
Police said several accused have already been arrested in connection with the case, including candidate and alleged prime accused Ranjit Mandal, syndicate members Deepak Kumar, Abhishek Kumar and Deepak Srivastava, and the examination agency's senior manager Krishna Kumar, reported IANS.
All the arrested accused have been sent to judicial custody.
Police said several other suspects remain absconding and that raids are being conducted at multiple locations to apprehend them.
(With IANS inputs)
