Confirmed High source confidence State body

DSSSB Primary Teacher (PRT) Recruitment Exam for MCD/municipal schools

29 October 2017 Delhi (NCT of Delhi) Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB)

Status

Confirmed

A leak or organised manipulation was established by an official body, a court, or a police investigation.

Candidates affected

70 thousand

70,000

Arrests

—

Not quantified in the source

Convictions

—

None recorded here

What happened

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.

What was done

Exam cancelled

Retest held

Arrests / FIR

Source

Primary reference The Tribune ↗ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/delhi/cm-urges-lg-to-cancel-dsssb-papers-hold-exams-again-507254

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What happened

What was done

Source

1 other incident at DSSSB

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