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Jharkhand CID Arrests Three More in Recruitment Exam Irregularities Case
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News18•27-09-2026, 09:00
Jharkhand CID Arrests Three More in Recruitment Exam Irregularities Case
- •Jharkhand CID arrested three candidates in connection with alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level examination-2023.
- •The latest arrests bring the total number of apprehended individuals in the case to 19.
- •The arrested candidates, Ajay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, and Ramakrishna Kumar Singh, allegedly obtained unfair advantages in the JSSC-CGL examination.
- •Protests by job aspirants led to the state government cancelling several recruitment examinations, including JSSC-CGL-2023, on August 18.
- •The Jharkhand High Court later stayed the government's cancellation decision after successful candidates filed a petition.
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Job aspirants staged protests demanding the cancellation of examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, alongside a CBI probe into alleged recruitment irregularities.
Following the protests, the state government announced the cancellation of several recruitment examinations, including the JSSC-CGL-2023, which led aspirants to withdraw their agitation.
The Jharkhand High Court stayed the government's decision to cancel the examinations after candidates who had successfully cleared the test filed a petition.