{ "name": "Indian public examination leak incidents", "description": "Publicly reported paper leaks, impersonation rackets and marks-manipulation scandals in Indian public examinations.", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "source": "https://github.com/quantavil/examleaks", "homepage": "https://examleaks.pages.dev", "temporalCoverage": "2004-04-11/2026-07-19", "generated": "2026-07-25", "count": 111, "incidents": [ { "id": "PL-0001", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0001", "date": "2004-04-11", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2004, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT/CBSE-PMT) 2004", "conductingBody": "Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 2, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Physics and chemistry papers leaked in New Delhi 10-14 hours before the 11 Apr 2004 exam and matched the originals; CBSE cancelled the test nationally, the HRD Minister ordered a CBI probe, 2 were arrested and 13 candidates detained. Day known.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040412/main5.htm" } }, { "id": "PL-0002", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0002", "date": "2006-06-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2006, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Himachal Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (HP-CPMT) 2006", "conductingBody": "Himachal Pradesh University", "bodyKey": "hpu", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Himachal Pradesh", "states": [ "Himachal Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "himachal-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "HP-CPMT medical entrance paper leaked via a touts/tutors network linked to a Lucknow printing press; police found a Rs 7 lakh post-dated cheque for a guaranteed seat and a re-test was held. Exact exam/leak day unknown; 1st of month used, probe active Aug 2006.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060831/himachal.htm" } }, { "id": "PL-0003", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0003", "date": "2008-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2008, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Vyapam Patwari Recruitment Examination 2008", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": 10, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Accused produced forged educational certificates to fake eligibility and secure patwari posts; CBI court sentenced 10 to 5 years RI each (Dec 2025). Only year of exam known, Jan placeholder.", "source": { "name": "The420.in", "url": "https://the420.in/vyapam-scam-cbi-court-patwari-exam-fraud-10-convicts-sentenced/" } }, { "id": "PL-0004", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0004", "date": "2009-07-08", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2009, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "MP Pre-Medical Test (PMT) 2009", "conductingBody": "Vyapam (MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 114, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paid solvers/impersonators sat the exam in place of registered candidates using forged photo IDs; a state committee's Nov-2011 report found 114 candidates had qualified through impersonation and CBI courts later convicted multiple accused.", "source": { "name": "The Free Press Journal", "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/indore-5-years-imprisonment-to-candidate-and-impersonator-in-2009-pmt-exam-case" } }, { "id": "PL-0005", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0005", "date": "2010-06-06", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2010, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "RRB Mumbai 2010 recruitment exam (Assistant Loco Pilot / Assistant Station Master)", "conductingBody": "Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Mumbai", "bodyKey": "railways", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 15, "convictions": 10, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "CBI registered a case on 15 June 2010 over the leak of question papers for recruitment to 1,936 assistant loco pilot/station master posts (exam scheduled 6 June 2010); in Jan 2024 a CBI special court convicted 10, including the former RRB-Mumbai chairman, to five years RI, with 4 acquitted. Date is the scheduled exam date; day known.", "source": { "name": "The Week", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/30/del90-cbi-railways.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0006", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0006", "date": "2011-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2011, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Vyapam Contract Teacher Eligibility Test (Samvida Shala Shikshak Patrata Pariksha Varg-3) 2011", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Marks of 84 favoured candidates were inflated on OMR/computer records to qualify them; CBI chargesheeted 95 accused incl. a former state minister, 2 Vyapam officials, 6 middlemen and 83 candidates (Jan 2018). Only year of exam known, Jan placeholder.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/vyapam-cbi-chargesheets-ex-minister-529713/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0007", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0007", "date": "2011-02-17", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2011, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "CBSE Class 10 & Class 12 Board Examinations 2011", "conductingBody": "Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands", "states": [ "Andaman & Nicobar Islands" ], "stateSlugs": [ "andaman-and-nicobar-islands" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": 4, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Class 12 English/Maths and Class 10 science papers were photocopied/leaked at a private residence in Car Nicobar; CBSE re-held the compromised papers using reserve sets. 3 arrested; a local court in Nov 2011 convicted 4 (life imprisonment), one acquitted. Day is the leak date.", "source": { "name": "icbse.com", "url": "https://www.icbse.com/news/cbse-question-papers-leaked-nicobar-bjp-mp-p1qv" } }, { "id": "PL-0008", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0008", "date": "2011-05-01", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2011, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) 2011", "conductingBody": "Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur/Lucknow)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 1, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 32000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paper found being sold in UP (allegedly for ~Rs 6 lakh) hours before the Sunday test; CBSE delayed the exam 2-3 hours the same morning and held a re-exam on 8/11 May 2011 for candidates unable to sit. UP STF arrested 1 and traced others. ~1.2M registered nationally; ~32,000 sat the re-exam. Day known.", "source": { "name": "icbse.com", "url": "https://www.icbse.com/news/aieee-2011-question-paper-leaked-exam-postponed-elrl" } }, { "id": "PL-0009", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0009", "date": "2011-06-19", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2011, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Chhattisgarh Pre-Medical Test (CG-PMT) 2011", "conductingBody": "Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CG Vyapam/CGPEB)", "bodyKey": "cg-vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Chhattisgarh", "states": [ "Chhattisgarh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "chhattisgarh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 12, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 20000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "CG-PMT scrapped after a crime-branch raid at a Takhatpur rest house (Bilaspur) found ~80 aspirants being tutored from the leaked paper; 12 held incl. some dental/medical students. Second cancellation within weeks (earlier May sitting also deferred). ~20,000 registered. Day known.", "source": { "name": "India TV News", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/chhatisgarh-pmt-rescheduled-after-paper-leak-12-held-8582.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0010", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0010", "date": "2011-11-13", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2011, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2011", "conductingBody": "UP Secondary Education Board / Directorate of Education", "bodyKey": "upsteb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 12, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Marks-manipulation/bribery racket (candidates paid Rs 2-5 lakh to be passed) rather than a pure pre-exam leak; the Board director and 11 others were arrested and cash (Rs 1.8+ crore across arrests) recovered. Director arrested 8 Feb 2012; date is the exam date.", "source": { "name": "India TV News", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/up-secondary-education-board-director-arrested-in-tet-scam-cash-documents-seized-14180.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0011", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0011", "date": "2012-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "MP Food Inspector Selection Test 2012", "conductingBody": "Vyapam (MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Low", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Result/answer-sheet rigging to pass favoured candidates; flagged by STF in Nov 2013 as one of five 2012 recruitment tests rigged. Exact exam date not established; Jan-1-2012 placeholder used.", "source": { "name": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyapam_scam" } }, { "id": "PL-0012", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0012", "date": "2012-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "MP Pre-PG (Post-Graduate Medical) Test 2012", "conductingBody": "Vyapam (MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Low", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Vyapam officials supplied photocopied model answer keys to selected candidates (answer-key rigging); flagged by STF in Nov 2013 as one of five 2012 tests rigged. Exact exam date not established; Jan-1-2012 placeholder used.", "source": { "name": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyapam_scam" } }, { "id": "PL-0013", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0013", "date": "2012-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "MP Transport Constable Recruitment Test 2012", "conductingBody": "Vyapam (MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "OMR sheets were altered by Vyapam employees to pass favoured candidates; CBI filed a chargesheet against 26 persons over this test. Exact exam date not established; Jan-1-2012 placeholder used.", "source": { "name": "Outlook India", "url": "https://www.outlookindia.com/national/india-news-cbi-gives-clean-chit-to-former-mp-minister-in-vyapam-scam-news-323886" } }, { "id": "PL-0014", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0014", "date": "2012-01-08", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "AIIMS Post-Graduate (MD/MS) Entrance Examination 2012", "conductingBody": "All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)", "bodyKey": "aiims", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "Delhi", "states": [ "Delhi" ], "stateSlugs": [ "delhi" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 7, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Gang photographed the PG entrance paper inside the exam hall using mobiles/Bluetooth hidden in shirts and relayed answers; candidates charged Rs 25-35 lakh. Delhi Police arrested 7 incl. two doctors (arrests 13 Jan 2012). Exam early Jan 2012; day approximate.", "source": { "name": "Careerindia", "url": "https://www.careerindia.com/news/2012/01/16/two-doctors-arrested-for-aims-question-paper-leak-case.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0015", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0015", "date": "2012-03-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Karnataka Second PU (Class 12) Board Examination 2012", "conductingBody": "Dept. of Pre-University Education, Karnataka", "bodyKey": "ka-pue", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Karnataka", "states": [ "Karnataka" ], "stateSlugs": [ "karnataka" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 10, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Physics, Maths and Biology papers were stolen from a sub-treasury strongroom in Chikmagalur district and circulated by email/fax/in person; CID arrested 10 incl. 3 teachers. Exam held March 2012; day approximate.", "source": { "name": "Careerindia", "url": "https://www.careerindia.com/news/2012/04/05/karnataka-pu-paper-leak-case-10-arrested-by-cid.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0016", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0016", "date": "2012-06-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Jammu & Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) 2012 - medical (MBBS/BDS)", "conductingBody": "J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE)", "bodyKey": "bopee", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Jammu & Kashmir", "states": [ "Jammu & Kashmir" ], "stateSlugs": [ "jammu-and-kashmir" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": 11, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Medical entrance papers with answer keys were sold ahead of the exam; scam surfaced 2013 (FIR 24/2013), Crime Branch arrested the then BOPEE chairman (Nov 2013) and others, 24 beneficiaries identified, 11 candidates later convicted (1 year each). Exam mid-2012; day approximate.", "source": { "name": "Greater Kashmir", "url": "https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/bopee-scam-convicted-students-had-made-astronomical-jump-in-ranking/" } }, { "id": "PL-0017", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0017", "date": "2012-06-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "MP Pre-Medical Test (PMT) 2012", "conductingBody": "Vyapam (MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 286, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Fraud combined impersonation by paid solvers with answer-key/OMR manipulation; STF found 286 candidates cleared by dishonest means and 27 MGM Medical College (Indore) students were later expelled. Exam held first week of June 2012; day approximate, 1st used.", "source": { "name": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyapam_scam" } }, { "id": "PL-0018", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0018", "date": "2012-09-30", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2012, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Vyapam Police Constable Recruitment Examination 2012", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam/MPESB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": 11, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Candidates arranged impersonators to sit the 30 Sep 2012 constable exam; special CBI court sentenced 11 (6 candidates, 5 impersonators) to 7 years RI each (May 2024).", "source": { "name": "India TV", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/madhya-pradesh/vyapam-case-special-cbi-court-sentences-11-to-7-years-mpesb-case-madhya-pradesh-police-constable-recruitment-examination-mpre-act-2024-05-27-933724" } }, { "id": "PL-0019", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0019", "date": "2013-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2013, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Agricultural Development Officer & combined competitive recruitment (2013–2014)", "conductingBody": "Assam Public Service Commission (APSC)", "bodyKey": "apsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Assam", "states": [ "Assam" ], "stateSlugs": [ "assam" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": 34, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "\"Cash-for-jobs\" scam: OMR sheets altered and marks enhanced for bribe-paying candidates; former APSC chairman and dozens convicted in 2024. Exam-year date approximate (advertised 2013).", "source": { "name": "The Assam Tribune", "url": "https://assamtribune.com/assam/rakesh-paul-33-others-convicted-in-apsc-cash-for-job-scam-1544892" } }, { "id": "PL-0020", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0020", "date": "2013-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2013, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "Vyapam Police Constable Recruitment Examination 2013", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam/MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": 31, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Impersonation and forgery in the 2013 constable exam; CBI court convicted 31 (incl. 12 imposters, 7 middlemen), sentencing 1 to 10 years and 30 to 7 years RI (Nov 2019). Only year of exam known, Jan placeholder.", "source": { "name": "India TV", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/2013-police-constable-recruitment-vyapam-scam-cbi-court-sentence-improsinment-31-accused-566413" } }, { "id": "PL-0021", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0021", "date": "2013-04-21", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2013, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination 2013", "conductingBody": "Staff Selection Commission (SSC)", "bodyKey": "ssc", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 9, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper leaked and solved off-site; Delhi Crime Branch raided a Pooth Kalan (Delhi) house and arrested 9 mid-solving (incl. a Delhi Police constable who had topped the SI exam). The exam was later scrapped and re-exams ordered (held 2014). Date is the Tier-1 exam/leak date.", "source": { "name": "SSC Portal", "url": "https://sscportal.in/news/si-exam-topper-caught-during-ssc-paper-leak-case" } }, { "id": "PL-0022", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0022", "date": "2013-07-07", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2013, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "MP Pre-Medical Test (PMT) 2013", "conductingBody": "Vyapam (MPPEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 20, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": 23, "deathsNote": "SCAM-WIDE, not this single exam: the MP SIT acknowledged 23 'unnatural' deaths of people linked to the Vyapam scam (~7 suicides, ~11 road accidents, ~3 alcohol-related illness); opposition/some press put it at 40-46. CBI probed 24 such deaths and ruled out foul play in every one it examined. Deaths span the whole 2009-2015 scam; attributed to the 2013 PMT row only for indexing. Mostly not suicides and highly contested. Sources: The News Minute, IBTimes, Business Standard.", "note": "On the night before the 7 July 2013 exam Indore police detained 20 out-of-state men hired to impersonate candidates, exposing the racket; a mastermind's list of 317 candidates was later seized and the STF was constituted on 26 Aug 2013.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/vyapam-scam-five-sentenced-imprisonment-for-fraud-at-mp-medical-entrance-test-in-2013/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0023", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0023", "date": "2013-10-26", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2013, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "RAS (Rajasthan Administrative Service) Preliminary Examination 2013", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC)", "bodyKey": "rpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": 1, "deathsNote": "Not an aspirant: the alleged mastermind of the leak died under suspicious circumstances during a custody transfer (Varanasi->Jaipur) in 2014; his family alleged murder. No suicide. Source: Careers360.", "note": "RAS-2013 prelims (26 Oct 2013) scrapped after the Rajasthan Police SOG found ~20 of the top 50 selected candidates (incl. the mastermind's wife) had accessed the leaked paper; arrests followed. Date is the exam/leak date.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/rajasthan-ras-paper-leak-mastermind-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-family-alleges-murder" } }, { "id": "PL-0024", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0024", "date": "2014-03-05", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2014, "era": "UPA (2004-May2014)", "examName": "CBSE Class 12 Physics Board Examination 2014", "conductingBody": "Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "Manipur (Imphal)", "states": [ "Manipur" ], "stateSlugs": [ "manipur" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "All three sets of the Class 12 Physics paper were leaked a day before the 5 Mar 2014 exam and sold in Manipur; CBSE cancelled the paper statewide and held a re-test on 2 Apr 2014. An FIR was registered. Day known.", "source": { "name": "India TV News", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/latest-news-cbse-class-12-physics-paper-leaked-manipur-retest-34302.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0025", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0025", "date": "2014-06-29", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2014, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "DSSSB Head Clerk (Grade II DASS, Post Code 90/09) Recruitment, Tier-I", "conductingBody": "Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB)", "bodyKey": "dsssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Delhi (NCT of Delhi)", "states": [ "Delhi" ], "stateSlugs": [ "delhi" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Complaints (Oct 2014-Mar 2015) alleged leakage of question papers, mass cheating and impersonation in the Tier-I/Tier-II exams; an inquiry committee found systemic irregularities and the selection was cancelled on 15 Mar 2016. The Supreme Court upheld the cancellation on 3 Mar 2021.", "source": { "name": "SCC Online (Supreme Court judgment coverage)", "url": "https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2021/03/05/recruitment-to-public-services-must-command-public-confidence-supreme-court-upholds-cancellation-of-dsssb-head-clerk-selection-process-in-light-of-systematic-irregularities/" } }, { "id": "PL-0026", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0026", "date": "2015-03-29", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2015, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UPPCS Preliminary Examination 2015", "conductingBody": "Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC)", "bodyKey": "uppsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 450000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper was photographed about an hour before the test at a Lucknow centre and circulated on WhatsApp; CM ordered cancellation and 3 people were arrested.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/uppcs-exam-cancelled-after-paper-leak-three-arrested-60480" } }, { "id": "PL-0027", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0027", "date": "2015-05-03", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2015, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "AIPMT 2015 (All India Pre-Medical Test)", "conductingBody": "CBSE", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 600000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Bluetooth/micro-SIM answer-key racket intercepted by Haryana Police in Rohtak; Supreme Court cancelled the May 3 exam on 15 June 2015 and ordered a retest, held 25 July 2015. Leak originated in Haryana.", "source": { "name": "Republic World", "url": "https://www.republicworld.com/education/entrance-exams/when-supreme-court-cancelled-aipmt-2015-a-reminder-for-neet-ug-integrity-amid-paper-leak-row" } }, { "id": "PL-0028", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0028", "date": "2015-11-14", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2015, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "HTET Level-3 (Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test)", "conductingBody": "Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE)", "bodyKey": "hbse", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Haryana (Jind)", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "stateSlugs": [ "haryana" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 5, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 137000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Board cancelled the Level-3 exam the same day after a leak surfaced from Jind; the leaked paper matched the original. Five persons arrested.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana/htet-paper-leaked-in-jind-exam-cancelled-158218" } }, { "id": "PL-0029", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0029", "date": "2016-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2016, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "State Level Selection Test (SLST) 2016 teacher & Group C/D recruitment", "conductingBody": "West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC)", "bodyKey": "wbssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "West Bengal", "states": [ "West Bengal" ], "stateSlugs": [ "west-bengal" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 25752, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "OMR-sheet manipulation and appointments beyond vacancies; Calcutta HC (upheld by Supreme Court in 2025) voided about 25,752 appointments. Year-only date.", "source": { "name": "DD News", "url": "https://ddnews.gov.in/en/west-bengal-teacher-recruitment-scam-calcutta-hc-declares-2016-ssc-recruitment-null-and-void-orders-fresh-appointments/" } }, { "id": "PL-0030", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0030", "date": "2016-03-06", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2016, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Village Panchayat Development Officer (VPDO/VDO) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC)", "bodyKey": "uksssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttarakhand", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttarakhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "ED/PMLA" }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 17, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "VPDO exam held 6 Mar 2016 was cancelled on 1 Dec 2017; later probes found the paper was leaked via the printing contractor and sold for Rs 10-15 lakh per paper. Included in a 2024 ED money-laundering prosecution naming 17 accused.", "source": { "name": "Prokerala (PTI)", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a1588652.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0031", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0031", "date": "2016-05-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2016, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NEET-UG 2016 (Phase II)", "conductingBody": "CBSE", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Denied", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "none", "label": "No action reported", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Inter-state leak allegations around the 2016 NEET Phase II surfaced but were not confirmed nationwide; no nationwide retest ordered. Month approximate (1st used).", "source": { "name": "Careers360 (NEET leak history)", "url": "https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-many-times-neet-paper-leaked" } }, { "id": "PL-0032", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0032", "date": "2017-02-05", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2017, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "BSSC 1st Inter-Level Combined (Clerical-grade) Competitive Exam", "conductingBody": "Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC)", "bodyKey": "bssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (Patna) / Jharkhand (arrest)", "states": [ "Bihar", "Jharkhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar", "jharkhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 30, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The clerical-grade recruitment paper was leaked on WhatsApp; the state cancelled the exam and an SIT arrested the BSSC chairman (a senior IAS officer) along with several relatives and others, around 30 people in total.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune (PTI)", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/paper-leak-case-bihar-staff-service-commission-chairman-arrested-in-jharkhand-368898" } }, { "id": "PL-0033", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0033", "date": "2017-05-07", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2017, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NEET-UG 2017", "conductingBody": "CBSE", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Uttarakhand/Bihar inter-state racket promised leaked papers for Rs 10-30 lakh; authorities said many \"papers\" sold were fake and there was no confirmed systemic leak. Leak claims centred on Bihar.", "source": { "name": "Careers360 (NEET leak history)", "url": "https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-many-times-neet-paper-leaked" } }, { "id": "PL-0034", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0034", "date": "2017-07-16", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2017, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "HCS (Judicial Branch) Preliminary Examination 2017", "conductingBody": "Punjab & Haryana High Court", "bodyKey": "phhc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Haryana", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "stateSlugs": [ "haryana" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": 3, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "A High Court committee found the paper was leaked and the prelims (109 judicial posts) were scrapped; the then Registrar (Recruitment) and two others were later convicted, two getting five-year jail terms in 2024.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/2017-hcs-exam-paper-leak-case-delhi-court-sentences-punjab-haryana-judicial-hc-ex-registrar-5-year-jail" } }, { "id": "PL-0035", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0035", "date": "2017-07-24", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2017, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UP Police Inspector (Sub-Inspector/Inspector) Online Recruitment Test 2017", "conductingBody": "UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB)", "bodyKey": "upprpb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "STF" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 120000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The online recruitment test for 3,307 inspector posts, scheduled for 25-26 July 2017, was postponed/cancelled after the question paper went viral on WhatsApp; DGP ordered an STF probe.", "source": { "name": "Ground Report", "url": "https://www.groundreport.in/education/how-many-exam-papers-leaked-in-yogi-govt-rule/" } }, { "id": "PL-0036", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0036", "date": "2017-10-29", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2017, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "DSSSB Primary Teacher (PRT) Recruitment Exam for MCD/municipal schools", "conductingBody": "Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB)", "bodyKey": "dsssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Delhi (NCT of Delhi)", "states": [ "Delhi" ], "stateSlugs": [ "delhi" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 70000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question papers of the PRT exam held on 29 Oct 2017 were leaked amid mass-cheating complaints; Delhi Police registered an FIR the same day and the Lt Governor cancelled the exam on the basis of a police report, directing DSSSB to re-conduct it. Deputy CM separately sought a CBI probe.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/delhi/cm-urges-lg-to-cancel-dsssb-papers-hold-exams-again-507254" } }, { "id": "PL-0037", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0037", "date": "2018-02-21", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2018, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "SSC CGL 2017 Tier-II", "conductingBody": "SSC", "bodyKey": "ssc", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Answer key of the 21 Feb 2018 Tier-II paper went viral before the exam start time; nationwide candidate protests followed. CBI booked 17 (10 Sify Technologies employees who ran exam centres + 7 candidates); SC later refused to scrap the exam.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/sify-employees-among-17-booked-in-ssc-paper-leak-case-593733" } }, { "id": "PL-0038", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0038", "date": "2018-03-26", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2018, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "CBSE Class 12 Economics board exam 2018", "conductingBody": "CBSE", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper photographed and circulated on WhatsApp before the exam; CBSE re-conducted the paper on 25 April 2018. Delhi Police arrested teachers, a tutor/coaching owner and bank officials. Leak traced to Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/cbse-paper-leak-class-12-economics-re-exam-april-25-class-10-maths-likely-july" } }, { "id": "PL-0039", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0039", "date": "2018-03-28", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2018, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "CBSE Class 10 Mathematics board exam 2018", "conductingBody": "CBSE", "bodyKey": "cbse", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Class 10 Maths paper leaked/circulated before the exam; CBSE ultimately decided against a re-test after finding no unusual score pattern. Arrests linked to the same Delhi/Himachal network as the Economics leak.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/cbse-paper-leak-class-12-economics-re-exam-april-25-class-10-maths-likely-july/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0040", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0040", "date": "2018-03-31", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2018, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UPPCL Junior Engineer / Technician online recruitment exams 2018", "conductingBody": "Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL)", "bodyKey": "uppcl", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT/STF" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "UPPCL nullified its 2018 online recruitment exams after the STF detected irregularities/paper leak; the conducting private agency was blacklisted and commission officials were suspended.", "source": { "name": "Ground Report", "url": "https://www.groundreport.in/education/how-many-exam-papers-leaked-in-yogi-govt-rule/" } }, { "id": "PL-0041", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0041", "date": "2018-09-02", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2018, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UPSSSC Tubewell Operator (Nalkoop Chalak) Recruitment Exam", "conductingBody": "Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC)", "bodyKey": "upsssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (Meerut)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 11, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 250000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The Hindi question paper leaked and was sold for about Rs 7 lakh each; STF arrested 11 people including the alleged mastermind and the exam (3,210 posts) was postponed.", "source": { "name": "Ground Report", "url": "https://www.groundreport.in/education/how-many-exam-papers-leaked-in-yogi-govt-rule/" } }, { "id": "PL-0042", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0042", "date": "2019-11-17", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2019, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Non-Secretariat Clerk recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board (GSSSB)", "bodyKey": "gsssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Gujarat", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "stateSlugs": [ "gujarat" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Clerk exam cancelled in December 2019 after allegations of a question-paper leak; part of a documented series of Gujarat recruitment leaks.", "source": { "name": "The Federal", "url": "https://thefederal.com/states/west/gujarat/after-13-govt-exam-paper-leaks-in-nine-years-gujarat-proposes-new-law" } }, { "id": "PL-0043", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0043", "date": "2019-12-29", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2019, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Librarian Grade III recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB)", "bodyKey": "rsmssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Jaipur/Kota/Ajmer)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 6, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 55000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper and answer key circulated on WhatsApp roughly two hours before the exam; board cancelled it and ordered a re-test. About six persons were arrested.", "source": { "name": "Daijiworld", "url": "https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1054403" } }, { "id": "PL-0044", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0044", "date": "2020-01-01", "datePrecision": "year", "year": 2020, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2020", "conductingBody": "Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE)", "bodyKey": "msce", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Maharashtra", "states": [ "Maharashtra" ], "stateSlugs": [ "maharashtra" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 13, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 7800, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Marks of thousands of candidates manipulated for money; MSCE commissioner and an IAS officer among those arrested. Year-only date.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/tet-case-ias-officer-held-in-thane-count-of-arrested-rises-13" } }, { "id": "PL-0045", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0045", "date": "2020-09-20", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2020, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Sub-Inspector (unarmed branch) written exam", "conductingBody": "State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB), Assam", "bodyKey": "slprb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Assam", "states": [ "Assam" ], "stateSlugs": [ "assam" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 66000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paper circulated on WhatsApp the morning of the test; exam cancelled minutes after it began and a CID probe followed.", "source": { "name": "The Sentinel", "url": "https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/3-arrested-in-connection-with-leaking-assam-police-si-written-test-question-paper-503093" } }, { "id": "PL-0046", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0046", "date": "2020-10-11", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2020, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Medical Officer (Dental) recruitment test", "conductingBody": "Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS)", "bodyKey": "bfuhs", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Punjab (leak traced to Goindwal Sahib, Tarn Taran)", "states": [ "Punjab" ], "stateSlugs": [ "punjab" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 11000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper for the dental officer post went viral on social media about 80 minutes into the test; BFUHS traced the leak to one centre, withheld the dental result and re-conducted only the dental paper (general MO and pharmacist papers stood); retest declared 1,957 of ~3,000 eligible for 35 posts.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/1-957-clear-dental-medical-officer-retest-161116" } }, { "id": "PL-0047", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0047", "date": "2020-12-06", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2020, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Junior Engineer (JEN) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB)", "bodyKey": "rsmssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Jaipur)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 24, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paper leaked from a Jaipur government school ahead of the test; board cancelled the exam. Around 24 people were arrested; the September 2021 re-test was also found compromised and an assistant engineer who used the leaked re-test paper was later arrested.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/rajasthan-je-recruitment-2020-question-paper-for-exam-recruit-junior-engineers-was-leaked-even-during-re-test-police/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0048", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0048", "date": "2021-01-03", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Railway GDCE 2021 (General Departmental Competitive Exam, RRC Mumbai)", "conductingBody": "Railway Recruitment Cell (Western Railway)", "bodyKey": "railways", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "Gujarat", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "stateSlugs": [ "gujarat" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 8600, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Candidates allegedly supplied papers with answers before the 3 Jan 2021 computer-based test via WhatsApp for payment; CBI registered a case (Jan 2024) against exam agency Aptech Ltd and named 15 people including 10 railway officials and a CRPF constable.", "source": { "name": "ThePrint", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/railways-exam-paper-leak-cbi-registers-case-against-mumbai-based-aptech-ltd/1916726/" } }, { "id": "PL-0049", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0049", "date": "2021-01-09", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "HSSC Gram Sachiv (Panchayat Secretary) exam", "conductingBody": "Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)", "bodyKey": "hssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Haryana (Hisar)", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "stateSlugs": [ "haryana" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 18, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 800000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Exams held Jan 9-10 for 697 posts were cancelled after an answer-key and impersonation racket surfaced; 18 suspects arrested across two centres.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/paper-leak-hssc-cancels-gram-sachiv-examination-two-more-arrested-in-hisar-199422" } }, { "id": "PL-0050", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0050", "date": "2021-02-28", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Army Soldier General Duty Common Entrance Exam 2021", "conductingBody": "Indian Army", "bodyKey": "indian-army", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Pan-India recruitment exam cancelled about an hour before start after Pune Police found the paper on phones of apprehended suspects matching the set paper; insider role probed.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/army-cancels-recruitment-exam-after-paper-leak-218658" } }, { "id": "PL-0051", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0051", "date": "2021-07-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Forest Guard, Secretariat Security Guard and an earlier graduate-level exam (2021)", "conductingBody": "Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC)", "bodyKey": "uksssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttarakhand", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttarakhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Three UKSSSC exams held in 2021 (graduate-level in May, forest guard in July, secretariat security guard in September) covering 1,282 posts were cancelled on 31 Dec 2022 after an STF probe found the papers were leaked; fresh exams ordered.", "source": { "name": "Careers360 (PTI)", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/uttarakhand-three-government-recruitment-exams-uksssc-graduate-level-forest-guard-secretariat-guard-exam-cancelled-uksssc-chairman" } }, { "id": "PL-0052", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0052", "date": "2021-08-07", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "HSSC Police Constable (Male) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)", "bodyKey": "hssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Haryana (Kaithal)", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "stateSlugs": [ "haryana" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 167, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Written exam cancelled after the paper and answer key leaked from a Jammu-based printing agency and were sold for lakhs per candidate; the investigation reached 167 arrests over nearly four years.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/four-years-on-one-more-held-in-hssc-constable-exam-leak-case" } }, { "id": "PL-0053", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0053", "date": "2021-09-12", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NEET-UG 2021", "conductingBody": "NTA", "bodyKey": "nta", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Invigilator and solver-gang involvement with localized arrests (notably a Rajasthan impersonation/solver racket); no nationwide cancellation or retest.", "source": { "name": "Careers360 (NEET leak history)", "url": "https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-many-times-neet-paper-leaked" } }, { "id": "PL-0054", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0054", "date": "2021-09-13", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment exam 2021", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC)", "bodyKey": "rpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (statewide)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT/SOG" }, { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 54, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Large-scale paper leak involving two RPSC members (one accused of passing the paper to his two children who topped the exam, arrested Sept 2024) plus dummy candidates and distribution gangs. Over 50 trainee SIs and associates arrested; the High Court quashed the recruitment (859 posts) on Aug 28, 2025, an order later stayed on appeal.", "source": { "name": "ETV Bharat", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!state/rajasthan-high-court-cancels-2021-si-recruitment-exam-over-paper-leak-enn25082802897" } }, { "id": "PL-0055", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0055", "date": "2021-09-26", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "REET 2021 (Rajasthan Eligibility Exam for Teachers) Level 2", "conductingBody": "Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan (BSER/RBSE)", "bodyKey": "bser", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 38, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Level-2 paper leak led the state to cancel and re-conduct the exam, expanding posts from 32,000 to 62,000. Roughly 38 people were arrested by the SOG; the board chairman was sacked and the secretary and two others suspended.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/reet-2021-rajasthan-govt-cancels-level-2-exam/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0056", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0056", "date": "2021-10-03", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Karnataka State Police / Recruitment Wing", "bodyKey": "ka-police", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Karnataka", "states": [ "Karnataka" ], "stateSlugs": [ "karnataka" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 30, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 54041, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "OMR answer sheets tampered to favour candidates; results annulled and a re-exam held, with senior police officers among those arrested.", "source": { "name": "The Quint", "url": "https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/explained-all-you-need-to-know-about-psi-scam-for-the-recruitment-of-police-sub-inspectors-in-karnataka" } }, { "id": "PL-0057", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0057", "date": "2021-10-23", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Patwari (village revenue officer) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB)", "bodyKey": "rsmssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Jaipur/Dausa)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 2, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 1562000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "A coaching-institute owner was arrested for selling a fake question paper (taking Rs 4 lakh advance) and a government clerk for appearing as a dummy candidate; the paper sold was found to be fake, not a genuine leak of the official paper. Exam concluded and was not cancelled. Over 5,300 posts; ~15.62 lakh registered.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/patwari-exam-coaching-institute-owner-govt-school-clerk-held-in-rajasthan-for-malpractice/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0058", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0058", "date": "2021-11-28", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2021", "conductingBody": "UP Examination Regulatory Authority / Basic Education Board (UPBEB)", "bodyKey": "upbeb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (statewide)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 23, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 1999000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paper circulated on WhatsApp in several districts before the 10 am start, forcing cancellation for nearly 20 lakh candidates; STF arrested at least 23 (later ~29), including the suspended ERA secretary and a Delhi printing-firm director.", "source": { "name": "India TV News", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/education/news-uptet-2021-question-paper-leaked-uttar-pradesh-tet-exam-cancelled-updeled-gov-in-747079" } }, { "id": "PL-0059", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0059", "date": "2021-12-04", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Graduate-level (Snatak) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC)", "bodyKey": "uksssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttarakhand (Dehradun/Bijnor)", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttarakhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "STF/SIT" } ], "arrests": 20, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Graduate-level exam for 854 posts across 13 departments held 4-5 Dec 2021; question papers were sold to candidates for Rs 15-20 lakh. Exam scrapped in Aug 2022 and an STF probe launched; arrests later rose to around 40.", "source": { "name": "ThePrint (PTI)", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/20-people-arrested-in-uksssc-paper-leak-case-so-far-uttarakhand-police/1089684/" } }, { "id": "PL-0060", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0060", "date": "2021-12-12", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Head Clerk recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board (GSSSB)", "bodyKey": "gsssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Gujarat", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "stateSlugs": [ "gujarat" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 14, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 88000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper obtained from a printing-press manager and sold to candidates before the test; exam cancelled and a retest ordered.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/guj-exam-for-recruitment-govt-posts-cancelled-after-paper-leak-key-accused-held-gujarat-head-clerk-scam" } }, { "id": "PL-0061", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0061", "date": "2021-12-12", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2021, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "MHADA staff recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)", "bodyKey": "mhada", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Maharashtra", "states": [ "Maharashtra" ], "stateSlugs": [ "maharashtra" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Three held in Pune (including a question-setter at the private vendor) with digital copies of the paper; exam cancelled pre-emptively.", "source": { "name": "India TV", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/education/news-mhada-recruitment-exam-cancelled-after-3-held-for-bid-to-leak-question-paper-749260" } }, { "id": "PL-0062", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0062", "date": "2022-02-13", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Class 10 Science & Class 12 Maths revision exams", "conductingBody": "Tamil Nadu School Education Department", "bodyKey": "tn-sed", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Tamil Nadu (Tiruvannamalai)", "states": [ "Tamil Nadu" ], "stateSlugs": [ "tamil-nadu" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "none", "label": "No action reported", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Papers from two private schools photographed and circulated on WhatsApp; the district Chief Educational Officer was suspended for distribution-rule violations.", "source": { "name": "The News Minute", "url": "https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-revision-exam-papers-class-10-and-12-leaked-official-suspended-160999" } }, { "id": "PL-0063", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0063", "date": "2022-03-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Lower Division Clerk (LDC) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan High Court", "bodyKey": "rj-hc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Jodhpur)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The High Court's LDC recruitment paper was leaked and the exam was cancelled (only month reliably documented in source, so day set to 01).", "source": { "name": "Daijiworld", "url": "https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1054403" } }, { "id": "PL-0064", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0064", "date": "2022-03-27", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Forest Guard recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Gujarat University / State Forest Department", "bodyKey": "gu-forest", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Gujarat", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "stateSlugs": [ "gujarat" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "A candidate in Mehsana was found with a full answer sheet during the exam; the state minister called it a copy case while opposition alleged a leak.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/gujarat-forest-guard-recruitment-exam-candidate-detained-sheet-answers-aap-congress-slam-bjp-govt-gujarat-university-forest-department/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0065", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0065", "date": "2022-03-27", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Himachal Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Written Test 2022 (1,334 posts)", "conductingBody": "Himachal Pradesh Police (state government recruitment)", "bodyKey": "hp-police", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Himachal Pradesh", "states": [ "Himachal Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "himachal-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT/CBI" } ], "arrests": 88, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 75000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Written test held 27 March 2022 for 1,334 constable posts was cancelled on 6 May 2022 after the paper was found leaked; a retest was held 3 July 2022 and 1,214 candidates selected. CBI later filed two chargesheets against 88 accused (11 March 2024).", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/cbi-chargesheets-88-in-cop-recruitment-paper-leak-case-599581/" } }, { "id": "PL-0111", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0111", "date": "2022-03-30", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UP Board Class 12 English Examination 2022", "conductingBody": "UP Secondary Education Board (UPMSP)", "bodyKey": "upsteb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (24 districts including Ballia)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "STF" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The Class 12 English paper was leaked ahead of the 2 p.m. exam, first in Ballia, and reached students on WhatsApp groups; the board cancelled that paper across 24 districts while it went ahead as scheduled elsewhere.", "source": { "name": "Deccan Herald", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/uttar-pradesh/up-board-class-12-english-exam-cancelled-in-24-districts-after-paper-leak-1096055.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0066", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0066", "date": "2022-04-27", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "SSC (Class 10) board examination", "conductingBody": "Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education / School Education Dept", "bodyKey": "ap-bse", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Andhra Pradesh", "states": [ "Andhra Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "andhra-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 70, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Teachers on exam duty photographed papers minutes after the start (Telugu, then Maths and English) and shared them on WhatsApp across three districts.", "source": { "name": "Siasat (archive)", "url": "https://archive.siasat.com/news/andhra-pradesh-how-teachers-plotted-2022-leak-of-class-x-papers-2535422/" } }, { "id": "PL-0067", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0067", "date": "2022-05-08", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "BPSC 67th Combined Competitive Exam (Prelims)", "conductingBody": "Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)", "bodyKey": "bpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (Ara, Bhojpur)", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 4, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 600000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Question paper screenshots went viral on social media minutes before the exam; BPSC cancelled the prelims and the EOU arrested a BDO/magistrate-in-charge and three exam officials under the IT Act and Bihar exam-conduct law.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-67th-question-paper-leak-bdo-college-invigilator-four-arrested-in-exam-paper-leak-case" } }, { "id": "PL-0068", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0068", "date": "2022-05-14", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Rajasthan Police Constable recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Police Recruitment & Promotion Board", "bodyKey": "rpr-board", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Jaipur/Jhotwara)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 8, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 160000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Second shift paper was leaked via a screenshot from a Jhotwara exam centre; that shift was cancelled and a fresh test held on July 2 for affected candidates. Eight people arrested, including an assistant sub-inspector.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/rajasthan-police-constable-exam-paper-leak-fresh-test-on-july-2/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0069", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0069", "date": "2022-05-22", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Naib Tehsildar recruitment test (78 posts)", "conductingBody": "Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC)", "bodyKey": "ppsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Punjab (Patiala; centres statewide)", "states": [ "Punjab" ], "stateSlugs": [ "punjab" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 5, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Dummy candidates photographed question papers with hidden cameras and sent them to solvers in Haryana who relayed answers via Bluetooth/GSM devices; a deal of about Rs 22 lakh was struck; 5 arrested (FIR 11 Nov 2022, more sought) and the government scrapped the merit list and ordered the exam re-conducted.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/5-arrested-for-helping-candidates-cheat-in-punjab-naib-tehsildar-recruitment-test-451278" } }, { "id": "PL-0070", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0070", "date": "2022-06-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Assistant Engineer / Junior Engineer (AE/JE) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC)", "bodyKey": "ukpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttarakhand (Haridwar)", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttarakhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "AE/JE exam held June 2022; an SIT found the question paper was leaked for Rs 28 lakh. Nine people were named in an FIR at Kankhal police station (Feb 2023) and three were arrested, including a UKPSC section officer.", "source": { "name": "Siasat (PTI)", "url": "https://archive.siasat.com/news/3-arrested-in-uttarakhand-assistant-and-junior-engineer-paper-leak-case-2518878/" } }, { "id": "PL-0071", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0071", "date": "2022-07-31", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UPSSSC Lekhpal (Mains) Recruitment Exam 2022", "conductingBody": "Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC)", "bodyKey": "upsssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 21, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 250000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "21 people including solvers and impersonators were arrested for using unfair means; the Samajwadi Party alleged a paper leak but UPSSSC denied any leak, calling them individual impersonation cases.", "source": { "name": "ThePrint", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/up-lekhpal-exam-solvers-candidates-among-21-arrested-akhilesh-alleges-paper-leak/1063273/" } }, { "id": "PL-0072", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0072", "date": "2022-08-26", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Assistant Engineer (Civil) exam", "conductingBody": "Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)", "bodyKey": "appsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Arunachal Pradesh", "states": [ "Arunachal Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "arunachal-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 10, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "AE (Civil) paper leaked; APPSC secretary and controller of examinations suspended and a CBI probe recommended.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/appsc-examination-paper-leak-secretary-joint-secretary-suspended" } }, { "id": "PL-0073", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0073", "date": "2022-11-12", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Forest Guard recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB)", "bodyKey": "rsmssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Rajsamand)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 9, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Evening shift cancelled after a paper-leak gang was busted in Rajsamand; a technical assistant had received answers on WhatsApp an hour before the test. Nine initially held; the SOG's probe later took total arrests to about 11.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/rajasthan-forest-guard-exams-one-shift-cancelled-over-paper-leak-9-held/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0074", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0074", "date": "2022-12-23", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "BSSC 3rd Graduate Level (CGL) Combined Competitive Prelims 2022", "conductingBody": "Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC)", "bodyKey": "bssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (528 centres, 38 districts)", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Pages of the first-shift question paper (for 2,187 posts) were circulated on WhatsApp/Twitter as the exam began; BSSC referred the matter to the EOU and cancelled the affected shift amid student protests and lathi-charge.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/bssc-cgl-question-paper-2022-leaked-exam-images-go-viral-on-twitter-bihar" } }, { "id": "PL-0075", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0075", "date": "2022-12-24", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Senior Teacher Grade II (2nd Grade Teacher) General Knowledge exam", "conductingBody": "Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC)", "bodyKey": "rpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Udaipur)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT/ED" } ], "arrests": 44, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Candidates were caught solving the leaked GK paper in a bus near Udaipur hours before the exam; the shift was cancelled. At least 44 arrested (37 students, 7 tutors/experts); an RPSC member allegedly took Rs 60 lakh to leak the paper and was later arrested.", "source": { "name": "The Print", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/rajasthan-2nd-grade-teacher-recruitment-exam-paper-leaked-44-held/1280589/" } }, { "id": "PL-0076", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0076", "date": "2022-12-25", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2022, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Junior Office Assistant (IT) / JOA (IT) Recruitment Exam", "conductingBody": "Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC), Hamirpur", "bodyKey": "hpssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur)", "states": [ "Himachal Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "himachal-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT/CBI" } ], "arrests": 6, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 150000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Solved JOA (IT) paper and Rs 2.5 lakh were seized in Hamirpur on 23 December 2022, matching the paper in the HPSSC strongroom; six were arrested initially including a secrecy-branch employee, and the exam was cancelled. The scandal led the state to suspend HPSSC (26 Dec 2022) and dissolve it on 21 February 2023, transferring recruitment to HPPSC.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/jr-asst-paper-leaked-in-hamirpur-six-arrested-464017" } }, { "id": "PL-0077", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0077", "date": "2023-01-08", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Patwari / Lekhpal recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC)", "bodyKey": "ukpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttarakhand (Haridwar)", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttarakhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 5, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 100000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Patwari-Lekhpal exam for 563 posts held 8 Jan 2023 was cancelled after the paper was leaked (an official allegedly sold 380 questions); at least five arrested and an official suspended. Re-exam held 12 Feb 2023 for over one lakh candidates without incident.", "source": { "name": "Careers360 (PTI)", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/after-series-of-paper-leak-cases-incident-free-lekhpal-exam-in-uttarakhand" } }, { "id": "PL-0078", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0078", "date": "2023-01-29", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "GPSSB Junior Clerk recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board (GPSSB)", "bodyKey": "gpssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Gujarat", "states": [ "Gujarat" ], "stateSlugs": [ "gujarat" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 19, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 953000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Exam postponed hours before start after a copy of the question paper was seized; Gujarat ATS traced an inter-state racket.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/gujarat-junior-clerk-exam-cancelled-after-question-paper-leak-1-suspect-detained" } }, { "id": "PL-0079", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0079", "date": "2023-02-25", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "REET 2023 (teacher eligibility test)", "conductingBody": "Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan (BSER/RBSE)", "bodyKey": "bser", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Rajasthan (Jodhpur)", "states": [ "Rajasthan" ], "stateSlugs": [ "rajasthan" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 37, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Police raided a Jodhpur marriage hall hours before the exam and arrested 37 (30 students, 7 others) over an alleged leak attempt; the paper recovered did not match the actual question paper, and the exam was held as scheduled.", "source": { "name": "Free Press Journal", "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/reet-2023-37-arrested-in-police-raid-over-alleged-attempts-to-leak-question-paper" } }, { "id": "PL-0080", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0080", "date": "2023-03-05", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Assistant Engineer (Civil) recruitment exam (also voided Group-I Prelims, AEE, DAO)", "conductingBody": "Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC)", "bodyKey": "tspsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Telangana", "states": [ "Telangana" ], "stateSlugs": [ "telangana" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 12, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "TSPSC confidential-section staff allegedly stole question papers from an office computer and sold them; multiple exams cancelled and an SIT probe launched.", "source": { "name": "The South First", "url": "https://thesouthfirst.com/news/tspsc-paper-leak-fees-waived-for-those-reappearing-in-cancelled-exams-sit-gets-custody-of-accused/" } }, { "id": "PL-0081", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0081", "date": "2023-03-15", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "MP Patwari Recruitment Exam 2023 (Group-2 Sub-Group-4)", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board (ESB, formerly PEB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 974000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "After 30 Jun 2023 results, aspirants and Congress alleged irregularities (7 of top-10 and 114 selections from one Gwalior centre, normalisation disputes); CM stayed appointments amid statewide protests; a state committee gave a clean chit (Feb 2024) and appointments resumed. Exam held online 15 Mar-26 Apr 2023. No paper leak established.", "source": { "name": "The Week", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2023/07/13/mp-patwari-recruitment-scam-worry-for-bjp-govt-as-youths-hold-massive-statewide-protests.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0082", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0082", "date": "2023-05-11", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "CGPSC State Service Examination 2021 (recruitment cycle 2020-2022)", "conductingBody": "Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC)", "bodyKey": "cgpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Chhattisgarh", "states": [ "Chhattisgarh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "chhattisgarh" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 12, "convictions": 0, "candidatesAffected": 129206, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "CBI probe into nepotism/favouritism in recruitment for deputy collector, deputy SP and other posts; charge sheet alleges the then chairman leaked question papers to relatives and manipulated results, and that a businessman paid Rs 45 lakh to get his son and daughter-in-law selected. Date shown is the 2021 State Service result declaration; probe spans 2020-2022 exams.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chhattisgarh/cgpsc-nepotism-scam-cbi-arrests-ex-chairman-businessman-for-rs-45-lakh-bribe/" } }, { "id": "PL-0083", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0083", "date": "2023-05-25", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "MP Forest Guard (Vanrakshak) Recruitment Exam 2023", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board (ESB)", "bodyKey": "vyapam", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Suspected", "confidence": "Low", "actions": [ { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 100000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "ESB withheld results of 113 candidates after detecting \"abnormal patterns\" suggesting possible irregularity/document manipulation, pending re-verification (reported Jun 2025); exam held online 25 May-20 Jun 2023 for ~1 lakh candidates for 1,670 posts.", "source": { "name": "Bansal News", "url": "https://bansalnews.com/mp-forest-guard-bharti-scam-result-hold-esb-investigation-hindi-news-zvj/" } }, { "id": "PL-0084", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0084", "date": "2023-06-03", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "AIIMS NORCET-4 (Nursing Officer Recruitment)", "conductingBody": "AIIMS New Delhi", "bodyKey": "aiims", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 5, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paper leaked via doctored computer monitors giving remote access to solvers during the 3 June 2023 test for 3,055 nursing-officer posts; CBI arrested the alleged mastermind plus four others and booked a Mohali institute.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/delhi/cbi-arrests-mastermind-of-aiims-nursing-officer-recruitment-paper-leak-519366" } }, { "id": "PL-0085", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0085", "date": "2023-07-16", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Junior Engineer (Civil) main written exam (Combined Technical Services 2022)", "conductingBody": "Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC)", "bodyKey": "ossc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Odisha", "states": [ "Odisha" ], "stateSlugs": [ "odisha" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 17, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Seized papers matched the original; police confirmed the leak, exam cancelled and a fresh test held on 3 Sept 2023; show-cause to 55 candidates.", "source": { "name": "Outlook India", "url": "https://www.outlookindia.com/education/ossc-cancels-main-written-exam-of-je-civil-as-police-confirm-leak-of-question-paper-news-305233" } }, { "id": "PL-0086", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0086", "date": "2023-08-17", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Talathi (village accountant) recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Maharashtra Revenue Dept / TCS-ION (conducting agency)", "bodyKey": "mh-revenue", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Maharashtra", "states": [ "Maharashtra" ], "stateSlugs": [ "maharashtra" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 865000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "A repeat paper-leak suspect caught in Nashik on day one with 186 photos of the paper and spy gear; topper-favouritism allegations against the conducting agency.", "source": { "name": "Lokmat Times", "url": "https://www.lokmattimes.com/maharashtra/leaks-cheating-and-cries-for-justice-unraveling-the-talathi-exam-scandal-a475/" } }, { "id": "PL-0087", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0087", "date": "2023-10-01", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2023, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Bihar Police Constable Recruitment Written Exam", "conductingBody": "Central Selection Board of Constable (CSBC)", "bodyKey": "csbc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (37 districts)", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 148, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "CSBC cancelled the Oct 1 constable exam (for 21,391 vacancies) after complaints of paper leak and organised cheating; the EOU registered 67 FIRs across 21 districts and arrested 148 people.", "source": { "name": "The Week (PTI)", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2023/10/04/cal1-bh-police-paper-leak.html" } }, { "id": "PL-0088", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0088", "date": "2024-01-28", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "JSSC CGL (Combined Graduate Level / JGGLCCE)", "conductingBody": "Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC)", "bodyKey": "jssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Jharkhand (Ranchi)", "states": [ "Jharkhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "jharkhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "JSSC officially cancelled the third-shift general knowledge paper of the CGL exam after roughly 70 questions with answers circulated on WhatsApp before the test; the Feb 4 sitting was postponed. President Murmu asked the state to probe and the opposition demanded a CBI inquiry. About 54,300 aspirants had appeared across 108 centres in Ranchi that day.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/jssc-cgl-2024-exam-postponed-due-paper-leak-new-dates-soon" } }, { "id": "PL-0089", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0089", "date": "2024-02-11", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UPPSC Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer (RO/ARO) Preliminary Exam 2023", "conductingBody": "Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC)", "bodyKey": "uppsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (statewide)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "STF" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "After complaints that questions went viral on social media, the government cancelled the 11 Feb 2024 prelims, ordered a re-exam within six months and handed the probe to the STF.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttar-pradesh/up-government-cancels-ro-aro-exam-over-paper-leak-596545" } }, { "id": "PL-0090", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0090", "date": "2024-02-17", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UP Police Constable Recruitment Exam 2024", "conductingBody": "UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB)", "bodyKey": "upprpb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh (statewide)", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "STF" } ], "arrests": 54, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 4800000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The 17-18 Feb 2024 exam for 60,244 posts (over 48 lakh candidates) was cancelled after the paper was leaked in transit from the press; STF arrested the 3 masterminds and dozens more, and the board chairperson was removed.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttar-pradesh/up-government-cancels-police-constable-recruitment-exam-orders-re-examination-594134" } }, { "id": "PL-0091", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0091", "date": "2024-03-15", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "BPSC TRE 3.0 School Teacher Recruitment Exam", "conductingBody": "Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)", "bodyKey": "bpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (statewide)", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 266, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "EOU found a solver gang obtained the paper before bar-coding/printing; BPSC cancelled both shifts of the March 15 exam and hundreds were detained, with the retest later held in July 2024.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-tre-30-exam-cancelled-due-paper-leak-re-exam-dates-announced-soon-latest-news" } }, { "id": "PL-0092", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0092", "date": "2024-03-17", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "JPSC Combined Civil Services Preliminary Exam (11th-13th CSE)", "conductingBody": "Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC)", "bodyKey": "jpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Jharkhand (Jamtara/Chatra/Dhanbad)", "states": [ "Jharkhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "jharkhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Denied", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Candidates at centres in Jamtara, Chatra and Dhanbad created a ruckus alleging the JPSC prelims question paper was leaked (claiming seals were already open); JPSC, the deputy commissioners and the state government rejected the claim, ruled out any leak, and said action would be taken against those spreading false information.", "source": { "name": "ETV Bharat", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!state/jharkhand-alleged-question-paper-leak-of-jpsc-examination-enn24031702642" } }, { "id": "PL-0093", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0093", "date": "2024-05-05", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NEET-UG 2024", "conductingBody": "NTA", "bodyKey": "nta", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 2300000, "linkedDeaths": 4, "deathsNote": ">=4 NEET aspirants' suicides were reported by families/press as linked to the leak and exam cancellation (2 in Nagpur, incl. an 18-yr-old who left a note refusing the retest; cases in Kokrajhar, Assam and Kalaburagi, Karnataka). Causation (leak vs. general exam stress) is contested and not officially established; count is a floor of individually-reported cases. Sources: India.com, The Quint, Careers360.", "note": "CBI confirmed a leak confined to Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)/Patna (Bihar); question paper reached a set of candidates for Rs 30-32 lakh. SC declined a nationwide retest; only the 1,563 grace-mark candidates were retested on 23 June 2024. Over 40 arrested across CBI and Bihar EOU.", "source": { "name": "National Herald", "url": "https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/neet-ug-exam-cbi-confirms-paper-leak-limited-to-bihar-centre" } }, { "id": "PL-0094", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0094", "date": "2024-06-18", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UGC-NET June 2024", "conductingBody": "NTA", "bodyKey": "nta", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Denied", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 0, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 900000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Education Ministry cancelled the exam a day after it was held citing compromised integrity (darknet/Telegram alert); CBI later filed a closure report finding the \"leaked\" screenshot was doctored by a student and no actual leak occurred. No arrests.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/cbi-closes-ugc-net-paper-leak-case-finds-no-evidence-of-breach" } }, { "id": "PL-0095", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0095", "date": "2024-06-23", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "MPPSC State Service & State Forest Service Prelims 2024", "conductingBody": "Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC)", "bodyKey": "mppsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Madhya Pradesh", "states": [ "Madhya Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "madhya-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Denied", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 183000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "A Telegram account claimed the General Studies paper had leaked and offered it for sale; MPPSC compared it with the original and declared it fake; Indore police filed an FIR against an unidentified person under IPC/IT Act; exam held as scheduled on 23 Jun 2024 for ~1.83 lakh candidates.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/case-registered-for-bid-to-sell-online-fake-question-paper-of-madhya-pradesh-public-service-commission-exam-633671/amp" } }, { "id": "PL-0096", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0096", "date": "2024-06-23", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NEET-PG 2024", "conductingBody": "NBEMS", "bodyKey": "nbems", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Suspected", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "none", "label": "No action reported", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 240000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Postponed ~12 hours before the exam as a precaution over credible intelligence of possible impersonation/manipulation at some centres; officials said there was no actual leak. Rescheduled to 11 August 2024.", "source": { "name": "Medical Dialogues", "url": "https://medicaldialogues.in/news/education/neet-pg-2024-was-postponed-due-to-impersonation-threats-report-131706" } }, { "id": "PL-0097", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0097", "date": "2024-09-21", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "JSSC CGL / JGGLCCE (re-conducted exam)", "conductingBody": "Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC)", "bodyKey": "jssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Jharkhand", "states": [ "Jharkhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "jharkhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 10, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 304769, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Paper-leak allegations dogged the re-held CGL exam taken by over 3 lakh candidates; an SIT and the CID arrested at least 10 people including 5 IRB jawans, but investigators found no physical evidence of an actual leak and concluded a gang extorted money from candidates in the name of a leak. Results were withheld from December 2024 until the Jharkhand High Court dismissed the CBI-probe plea and ordered release in December 2025.", "source": { "name": "ThePrint", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/5-irb-jawans-among-8-arrested-by-jharkhand-cid-over-recruitment-exam-paper-leak/2564847/" } }, { "id": "PL-0098", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0098", "date": "2024-12-01", "datePrecision": "month", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NHM Bihar Community Health Officer (CHO) Recruitment Exam", "conductingBody": "State Health Society (SHS)/NHM Bihar", "bodyKey": "nhm-bihar", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (Patna and other centres)", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT" } ], "arrests": 37, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The computer-based CHO exam (for ~4,500 posts) was cancelled after the EOU found a solver gang accessed exam computers via proxy servers and remote software; about 37 people were detained in raids on multiple centres.", "source": { "name": "India TV", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/jobs/news/nhm-bihar-cho-2024-recruitment-exam-cancelled-due-to-paper-leak-2024-12-02-964328" } }, { "id": "PL-0099", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0099", "date": "2024-12-13", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2024, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "BPSC 70th Combined Competitive Exam (Prelims)", "conductingBody": "Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)", "bodyKey": "bpsc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Bihar (Bapu Exam Centre, Patna)", "states": [ "Bihar" ], "stateSlugs": [ "bihar" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 480000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Candidates at the Bapu Pariksha Parisar centre alleged the question-paper seal was broken and leaked; BPSC denied a statewide leak but ordered a re-exam on Jan 4 2025 only for the roughly 12,000 candidates at that Patna centre, triggering protests and a Supreme Court case.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/bpsc-70th-cce-re-exam-on-january-4-for-patna-bapu-exam-centre-paper-leak-protest-cancelled" } }, { "id": "PL-0100", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0100", "date": "2025-03-04", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2025, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "East Central Railway departmental promotion exam 2025 (Chief Loco Pilot)", "conductingBody": "East Central Railway / Railway Board", "bodyKey": "railways", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "Uttar Pradesh", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" }, { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 26, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "CBI arrested 26 ECR officials at Mughal Sarai a day before the chief-loco-pilot departmental exam and seized Rs 1.17 crore; 17 candidates caught with handwritten question-paper photocopies. Railway Board then cancelled pending Group-C departmental selections and shifted all such exams to RRB centralised CBT.", "source": { "name": "India TV News", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/railways-ropes-in-rrb-for-all-departmental-exams-after-cbi-arrests-26-officials-in-paper-leak-case-2025-03-05-979280" } }, { "id": "PL-0101", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0101", "date": "2025-04-16", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2025, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "UPESSC Assistant Professor Recruitment Exam 2025", "conductingBody": "Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC)", "bodyKey": "upessc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttar Pradesh", "states": [ "Uttar Pradesh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttar-pradesh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "STF" } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 114000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "The 16-17 Apr 2025 exam (1,017 posts, ~1.14 lakh candidates) was cancelled after STF found a racket; 3 were arrested, one of whom had been a confidential assistant to the UPESSC chairperson, who resigned.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/upessc-assistant-professor-exam-cancellation-paper-leak-stf-arrests-fir-chairperson-resignation-fresh-recruitment-examination" } }, { "id": "PL-0102", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0102", "date": "2025-09-21", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2025, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Graduate-level recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC)", "bodyKey": "uksssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Uttarakhand (Haridwar)", "states": [ "Uttarakhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "uttarakhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 2, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 100000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Graduate-level exam for 416 posts held 21 Sep 2025 with over one lakh candidates; three pages of the paper were leaked from a Haridwar centre. Exam cancelled 11 Oct 2025, a CBI probe recommended and an SIT formed; multiple people arrested (four named accused).", "source": { "name": "The Tribune (PTI)", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/examcancelled/paper-leak-uttarakhand-govt-cancels-graduate-level-recruitment-examination-to-be-held-within-3-months" } }, { "id": "PL-0103", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0103", "date": "2025-11-23", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2025, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)", "conductingBody": "Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE)", "bodyKey": "msce", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Maharashtra", "states": [ "Maharashtra" ], "stateSlugs": [ "maharashtra" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 18, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Kolhapur police busted a ring selling leaked TET papers for about Rs 3 lakh each; test-takers caught awaiting materials at a raid.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/maharashtra-tet-paper-leak-18-arrested-in-kolhapur-for-alleged-exam-scam" } }, { "id": "PL-0104", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0104", "date": "2025-12-21", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2025, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Group-B recruitment exam (408 posts incl Naib Tehsildar, Treasury Officers, Senior Assistant)", "conductingBody": "Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB)", "bodyKey": "psssb", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Punjab (Bathinda highlighted)", "states": [ "Punjab" ], "stateSlugs": [ "punjab" ], "national": false, "status": "Suspected", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "SIT/VB" } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 100000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Aspirants alleged irregularities (answer-sheet corrections with whitener, clustering of toppers from Bathinda); PSSSB referred the matter to the Vigilance Bureau in Jan 2026 but the probe remained pending after six months with no arrests; candidates demanded a re-exam.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/bathinda/six-months-on-probe-into-punjab-group-b-paper-leak-still-pending/" } }, { "id": "PL-0105", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0105", "date": "2026-02-26", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2026, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Class 12 Chemistry board examination", "conductingBody": "Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education", "bodyKey": "msbshse", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Maharashtra (Nagpur)", "states": [ "Maharashtra" ], "stateSlugs": [ "maharashtra" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 1, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Coaching-academy practice-test questions matched the board paper; academy director arrested under the malpractices act and an SIT formed.", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/maharashtra-board-exams-2026-class-12-chemistry-paper-leak-coaching-class-director-arrested-in-nagpurs-umred-area" } }, { "id": "PL-0106", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0106", "date": "2026-03-14", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2026, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "CGBSE Class 12 Hindi Board Examination 2026", "conductingBody": "Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE)", "bodyKey": "cgbse", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Chhattisgarh", "states": [ "Chhattisgarh" ], "stateSlugs": [ "chhattisgarh" ], "national": false, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 3, "convictions": 0, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Class 12 Hindi paper leaked and circulated on social media; board filed a cyber-cell FIR, cancelled the exam on 23 March 2026 and held a statewide re-exam on 10 April 2026; a paper allegedly sold for Rs 3,000. School-leaving board (not a recruitment body).", "source": { "name": "Careers360", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/chhattisgarh-board-12th-hindi-re-exam-2026-on-april-10-timings-cgbse-paper-leak-social-media-claims" } }, { "id": "PL-0107", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0107", "date": "2026-04-12", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2026, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Jharkhand Excise Constable Competitive Exam (JECCE)", "conductingBody": "Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC)", "bodyKey": "jssc", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Jharkhand (Ranchi)", "states": [ "Jharkhand" ], "stateSlugs": [ "jharkhand" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" } ], "arrests": 164, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Police busting a cheating racket detained 164 people including 159 candidates during the excise constable exam; question papers in printed and digital form were recovered but did not exactly match the actual exam. Candidates had allegedly paid Rs 10-15 lakh each to an inter-state gang; a later chargesheet named scores of accused.", "source": { "name": "ThePrint", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/jkhand-159-candidates-among-164-held-over-paper-leak-allegations-in-excise-recruitment-exam/2903103/" } }, { "id": "PL-0108", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0108", "date": "2026-05-03", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2026, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "NEET-UG 2026", "conductingBody": "NTA", "bodyKey": "nta", "bodyType": "Central", "area": "All India", "states": [ "All India" ], "stateSlugs": [ "all-india" ], "national": true, "status": "Confirmed", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "cancelled", "label": "Exam cancelled", "detail": null }, { "kind": "retest", "label": "Retest held", "detail": null }, { "kind": "probe", "label": "Official probe", "detail": "CBI/SIT" }, { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 2270000, "linkedDeaths": 21, "deathsNote": "Press reports, student organizations and protest tallies at Jantar Mantar report up to 21 aspirant suicides across multiple states (including Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, UP, Delhi, Karnataka) following the 12 May 2026 exam cancellation and re-test anxiety. This is a contested press/protest tally, not an official causal count, and conflates leak distress with general exam pressure. Sources: The Wire, The Indian Express, Al Jazeera, Hindustan Times.", "note": "A pre-circulated guess paper overlapped with up to ~120-140 actual questions; NTA cancelled the 3 May exam on 12 May 2026 and CBI took over. Multiple arrests including NTA insiders and coaching staff; retest set for 21 June 2026. Education minister initially disputed the \"leak\" framing.", "source": { "name": "The Wire", "url": "https://thewire.in/rights/how-many-students-will-they-kill-parents-of-re-neet-aspirant-who-died-by-suicide-join-jantar-mantar-protest" } }, { "id": "PL-0109", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0109", "date": "2026-07-04", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2026, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "HTET Level-3 / PGT (Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test)", "conductingBody": "Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE)", "bodyKey": "hbse", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Haryana", "states": [ "Haryana" ], "stateSlugs": [ "haryana" ], "national": false, "status": "Alleged", "confidence": "Medium", "actions": [ { "kind": "none", "label": "No action reported", "detail": null } ], "arrests": null, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": null, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Congress alleged a paper leak with broken seals, OMR serial mismatches and printing errors across 238 centres; HBSE denied any leak, called the process videographed and secure, and invited objections instead of ordering a retest.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/haryana-teacher-eligibility-test-marred-by-controversy/" } }, { "id": "PL-0110", "url": "https://examleaks.pages.dev/incident/PL-0110", "date": "2026-07-19", "datePrecision": "day", "year": 2026, "era": "NDA (May2014-now)", "examName": "Pharmacist Officer recruitment exam", "conductingBody": "Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS)", "bodyKey": "bfuhs", "bodyType": "State", "area": "Punjab (Faridkot/Kotkapura/Ferozepur)", "states": [ "Punjab" ], "stateSlugs": [ "punjab" ], "national": false, "status": "Denied", "confidence": "High", "actions": [ { "kind": "arrests", "label": "Arrests / FIR", "detail": null } ], "arrests": 7, "convictions": null, "candidatesAffected": 7000, "linkedDeaths": null, "deathsNote": null, "note": "Police busted a high-tech cheating racket in which a candidate photographed the paper with a pen camera and solvers relayed answers via wireless micro-devices; 7 conspirators arrested and 28 candidates detained, some having given post-dated cheques of Rs 3.5-13 lakh; police stated there was no advance leak of the question paper and no official involvement.", "source": { "name": "The Tribune", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/police-arrest-7-kingpins-28-candidates-in-punjab-pharmacist-officer-recruitment-exam-scam/" } } ] }