Overview

• Police arrested candidate Khalid Malik in Haridwar and handed him to Dehradun police, after earlier taking his sister Sabia into custody.
• Investigators say Khalid photographed three pages containing 12 questions at the Adarsh Bal Sadan centre and sent them to Sabia, who forwarded them to assistant professor Suman for answers.
• Dehradun police say no organised gang has been established so far; an FIR names four under the 2023 anti-cheating law, and questioning of Suman and another sister, Hina, continues.
• Administrative lapses at the centre are under review, with officials acknowledging that some halls lacked or shared jammers and that Khalid’s room did not have a jammer installed.
• Protests by aspirants intensified in Dehradun as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami condemned “cheating mafias,” used the term “nakal/cheating jihad,” and vowed strict action.