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Police connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025) arrested Khalid Malik, the main accused successful the alleged leak of 3 pages of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) exam question paper.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated that those progressive successful exam malpractices volition not beryllium spared nether immoderate circumstances.
Police said that Khalid, who appeared arsenic a campaigner successful the exam, was arrested from the Laksar country of Haridwar. Earlier, the constabulary had arrested different accused successful the case, Khalid's sister Sabia (35). Khalid had been absconding for 3 days.
Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pramod Singh Dobal said that Dehradun constabulary has taken Khalid into custody for further probe since the lawsuit was registered successful Dehradun.
Three pages of the question insubstantial for the undergraduate introspection held connected Sunday (September 21) for assorted departments surfaced connected societal media.
Investigating serviceman and Rishikesh Superintendent of Police (SP) Jaya Baluni stated that grounds gathered during the probe intelligibly showed that Khalid allegedly took a instrumentality to the introspection centre astatine Adarsh Bal Sadan Inter College successful Bahadurpur Jat colony successful the Pathri country of Haridwar, utilizing which helium photographed 3 pages of the question insubstantial and sent them to his mobile phone, which was successful Sabia's possession.
She said that Sabia allegedly sent these questions from Khalid's telephone to Suman, an adjunct prof successful Tehri, and received the answers from her. "Sabia sent the question insubstantial photograph to Suman and obtained the answers from her, with the volition of helping Khalid cheat successful the exam. Therefore, considering her relation successful the case, she has been arrested," Baluni said.
She besides stated that during Suman's interrogation, the relation of Khalid's different sister, Hina, was besides recovered to beryllium suspicious, and the probe is ongoing.
A lawsuit has been registered against 4 named and different unidentified individuals nether applicable sections of the Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Control of Unfair Means successful Recruitment) Ordinance, 2023, successful the Raipur constabulary presumption country of Dehradun.
Baluni stated that the introspection centre was inspected connected Monday, and the principal, the introspection country inspector, and those who installed the jammer were thoroughly questioned.
Screenshots of 3 pages of the question insubstantial for the graduate-level competitory introspection conducted by the committee connected September 21 went viral connected societal media, showing the clip erstwhile the photos were taken was soon aft the introspection began.
Commission Chairman Ganesh Singh Martolia besides expressed daze arsenic to however the question insubstantial was leaked contempt the jammers being installed astatine the introspection centres. Following the uproar implicit this incident, the committee submitted a ailment to Dehradun police, requesting a elaborate investigation. Dehradun SSP Ajay Singh formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to analyse the matter.
