Overview

• UKSSSC said three pages from the graduate-level question paper leaked from one centre and requested an immediate investigation by the Dehradun SSP and the state STF while launching an internal inquiry.
• Police arrested alleged mastermind Hakam Singh and associate Pankaj Gaur on September 20, accusing them of seeking Rs 12–15 lakh per candidate with promises of guaranteed selection.
• Investigators said Gaur contacted six aspirants and that they hold an audio recording in which a Rs 15 lakh demand is heard; officials also said no candidate had paid.
• An FIR was filed at Patel Nagar police station under the 2023 Uttarakhand competitive-examination anti-cheating statute, and authorities initially stated the exam’s confidentiality was intact.
• Hakam Singh was previously arrested in 2022 in paper-leak cases and expelled from the BJP, and the latest episode prompted fresh political criticism of the state government from the Congress.