Overview

• Three pages from the UKSSSC graduate-level paper surfaced online after the September 21 exam in Haridwar, igniting outrage among aspirants.
• Uttarakhand Police arrested Khalid Malik, alleging he hid a phone in his socks, photographed the paper in a washroom and circulated the images.
• The state set up a Special Investigation Team under police officer Jaya Baluni, with retired Justice B.S. Verma appointed to supervise the probe for transparency.
• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said decisions will be taken in students’ interest and cautioned youths about political exploitation as investigations proceed.
• Student protests have expanded across Dehradun, Haldwani, Almora and Uttarkashi, with sit-ins and hunger strikes pressing for exam cancellation and a higher-level inquiry, while the Election Commission continues to seek sworn proof for Gandhi’s separate vote-theft claims.