Overview

• Uttarakhand police arrested candidate Khalid Malik in Laksar, Haridwar, and handed him to Dehradun police for further investigation.
• Investigators allege he used a device inside the Adarsh Bal Sadan Inter College centre to photograph three pages and WhatsApp them to his sister Sabia, who sought solutions from assistant professor Suman, who recorded their exchange.
• An FIR was filed at Raipur police station under the Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Control of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance, 2023, and a Special Investigation Team is leading the inquiry.
• Authorities are probing how exam jammers were bypassed after screenshots with early timestamps circulated on social media shortly after the test began.
• Haridwar police raids uncovered an illegal electricity connection at the accused’s residence, and the role of another sister, Hina, is under examination.