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  • Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case

    Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case

    Hyderabad (IANS) | The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case has arrested two more accused. Mibaiyya and his son Janardhan, residents of Mahbubnagar, have been arrested. In this, the number of people arrested so far has increased to 19. Mibaiyya had allegedly paid Rs 2 lakh to Lavadyavath Dhakya, one of the accused already arrested in the case, for the question paper of the examination conducted by TSPSC for the recruitment of assistant engineers. Janardhan appeared in the examination.

    Dhakya is the husband of a teacher, Renuka, who had received question papers from prime accused Praveen Kumar, an employee of TSPSC. He had bought the question paper for his brother Rajeshwar Nayak, who appeared in the AE exam. He along with Dhakya had sold question papers to others.

    The TSPSC scam came to light on March 12, due to which 15 accused were arrested by canceling Group 1 preliminary exam, assistant engineer, AEE and DAO exams.

    Praveen, who worked as an assistant section officer in TSPSC, and Rajasekhara Reddy, a network administrator in ATSPSC, had allegedly stolen question papers of some exams from a computer in a confidential section of the commission and sold it to other accused.

    The SIT had last week informed the Telangana High Court that it has arrested 17 accused in the case since March 13. She also informed the court that she is trying to arrest one more accused from New Zealand.

    The exam paper leak case created a sensation in Telangana. Opposition parties Congress and BJP blamed the BRS government for the leak affecting lakhs of unemployed in the state.

    The SIT summoned TSPS President Janardhana Reddy, Secretary Anita Ramachandran and member B.K. Linga Reddy has also been questioned.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also probing allegations of money laundering in the case. Earlier this week, it questioned Praveen Kumar and Rajasekhara Reddy.

    ED officials are believed to have interrogated both the accused on the basis of inputs received from Shankar Lakshmi, in-charge of the confidential section cell at TSPSC. She appeared before the ED on April 11 and was questioned for over 10 hours.

    It was from the computer in the confidential section that Praveen and Rajasekhar had stolen question papers of various examinations conducted by TSPSC for recruitment in government departments.

    –IANS

  • Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case

    Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case

    Hyderabad: Two more persons were arrested in TSPSC paper leakage case by the Special Investigation Team on Friday.

    The duo was identified as Laukik and Sushmitha. Police sources said, Laukik had bought the DAO exam question paper from Praveen, the prime suspect for Sushmitha, his girlfriend.

    The police arrested them based on the information provided by the suspects arrested earlier, during interrogation by the SIT.

    The duo was produced before the magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.

  • BSP demands President Murmu’s intervention in TSPSC paper leak case

    BSP demands President Murmu’s intervention in TSPSC paper leak case

    Hyderabad: The Bahujan Samaj Party’s Telangana president RS Praveen Kumar has written to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention to replace Chairman and members of Telangana State Public Service commission (TSPSC) which has been rocked by a question paper leak.

    Praveen Kumar, a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has also requested the her to order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the question paper leak scandal.

    He argued that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government is not at all competent to investigate such a serious scandal. Not much can be expected from the SIT which reports to the Chief Minister whose office itself is under the cloud of suspicion, he wrote.

    The press briefing by the Chief Minister’s son KT Rama Rao on behalf of the TSPSC and SIT is further adding strength to the suspicion that SIT is formed by the government only to save the actual perpetrators who are holding high offices from prosecution and punish only the small fry and give the case unceremonious burial, he alleged. This is precisely the reason why the BSP is requesting for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has a proven track record of successfully investigating such scandals in the country since independence, he added.

    He also wrote that the future of lakhs of job aspirants is at stake now with the ongoing scandalous paper leakage/selling of the prestigious Group-I, AEE, AE and 15 other examinations notified by the TSPSC in the last several years.

    “It’s a matter of shame on the part of the TSPSC which is constituted under Article 315 of the Constitution to indulge in such illegal and criminal activities with active collusion of the ruling party,” he said.

    The entire affairs of TSPSC exams ended up as a scandal of gigantic proportions, where most of the question papers with master answer keys were leaked to the insiders and their relatives working in the commission for several years. This spine-chilling episode has compromised the integrity of the selection process and caused immense harm to the aspirations of millions of job seekers, reads the letter.

    Stating that the TSPSC, which is the prime accused in this scandal, is going ahead with recruitment schedules at the behest of the government, he demanded that TSPSC Chairman and members be replaced with most competent and reputed persons.

    “An independent inquiry by the CBI is not only crucial but also urgent, because there is very chance that critical evidence that can nail prime accused may either be destroyed or the lives of suspects who have been arrested so far will be endangered as they hold the crucial secrets of the unholy nexus among the ruling party, the CMO and the commission,” Praveen Kumar claimed.

    He demanded that all recent TSPSC examinations be reconducted, all upcoming ones be postponed until the Commission is completely overhauled, the recruitment process is thoroughly insulated from extraneous influences and all guilty are made to feel the full weight of law.

    He also demanded that the entire functioning of the TSPSC may thoroughly be probed into by a sitting Supreme Court judge to avoid such serious embarrassment in future.

  • SIT interrogates three accused in TSPSC paper leak case

    SIT interrogates three accused in TSPSC paper leak case

    Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) question paper leak case on Wednesday began questioning three more accused in the case.

    The SIT officials took custody of Shameem, Damera Ramesh Kumar and N. Suresh after a court sent them to police custody.

    Shameem and Ramesh are employees of TSPSC while Suresh is a former outsourcing employee. They were arrested on March 23 and the police had found that they obtained the question paper of Group I prelims from the main accused.

    The questioning of the trio began a day after police custody of four accused, including Praveen Kumar and Rajasekhar Reddy, both TSPSC employees, came to an end.

    The SIT also grilled Lavdyavath Dhakya and Rajeshwar Nayak for three days. The four accused were sent back to jail after they were produced before the court.

    A total of 15 people have so far been arrested in the case which came to light on March 13 with the arrest of nine accused. On Monday, the SIT arrested the 15th accused Thirupathaiah, who had helped Dhakya in finding the buyers for the Assistant Engineer (Civil) exam paper.

    Praveen, who worked as an assistant section officer at TSPSC and Rajashekar Reddy, a network admin at TSPSC, had allegedly stolen question papers of some exams from a computer in a confidential section of the Commission and sold it to other accused.

    Along with Praveen and Rajasehkar, the police had arrested Praveen’s friend Renuka, a teacher and her husband Lavdyavath Dhakya, who took the papers and sold it to others with the help of Kethavath Srinivas, a police constable from Medchal.

    The TSPSC scam came to light on March 12 which led to the arrest of 15 accused besides the cancellation of the Group 1 preliminary examination, Assistant Engineers, AEE, and DAO exams.

    The TSPSC also postponed the written examination for the posts of Town Planning and Building Overseer and Veterinary Assistant Surgeon.

    Meanwhile, the TSPSC rescheduled the written examination for the post of Horticulture Officer, which was originally scheduled to be held on April 4. The exam will now be conducted on June 17.

  • Governor Tamilisai seeks status report on TSPSC paper leak case

    Governor Tamilisai seeks status report on TSPSC paper leak case

    Hyderabad: The Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has sought the latest status report, within 48 hours, on the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) question paper leak case.

    On the Governor’s instructions, the Raj Bhavan wrote to the Chief Secretary, the TSPSC and the Director General of Police (DGP) seeking the latest status within 48 hours.

    In the letter, it was asked for intimating status report as at present on the alleged leakage including Special Investigation Team’s investigation status, the Raj Bhavan said.

    The TSPSC was also asked to furnish the details of its regular and outsourcing employees who appeared for examinations with or without permission from the Commission and their performance in the exams and preparatory leave etc, apart from the present status of the case.

    This came a day after the opposition Congress urged the Governor to exercise her special powers to take action in the case.

    A delegation of state Congress leaders led by its state chief A Revanth Reddy had urged her to dissolve the TSPSC until the investigation in the case is completed.

    Revanth Reddy had stated that under Article 317 of the Constitution, the Governor has the powers to suspend those in TSPSC who are involved in the paper leak. “Only then can the probe into the case be transparent,” he said.

    He said the Governor told the delegation that she will look into the issue and take necessary action after seeking legal opinion.

  • BJP’s performance in TSPSC paper leak case

    BJP’s performance in TSPSC paper leak case

    Khammam: BJP district unit on Saturday organised a protest, demandingdismissal of Minister KT Rama Rao. It held him responsible for failure to prevent TSPSC question paper leak. A number of BJP workers led by party district president Galla Satyanarayana, and Kisan Morcha State president Kondapalli Sridhar Reddy took part in the programme. They took out a rally and tried to lay siege to the Collectorate here, triggering tension at the office. Several BJP activists, raising slogans, attempted to storm into the collectorate, but the police intervened in time and foiled their bid. A heated argument ensued between the BJP leaders and the cops, following which arrests of the leaders were made.

    Addressing the protesters Satyanarayana and Sridhar Reddycondemned the police attitude. They demanded that KTR be sacked from the cabinet. They slammed the BRS government for its failure to keep ‘Neellu Nidhulu Neeyamakalu’ promise in the state. They said the CM KCR family was striving its own development, leaving the people in the lurch.