Rajasthan paper leak: RPSC member got Rs 60 lakh for leaking recruitment exam paper questioned by ED

Rajasthan paper leak: RPSC member got Rs 60 lakh for leaking recruitment exam paper questioned by ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned arrested Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) member Babulal Katara and others in connection with the 2022 Grade II teacher recruitment paper leak case. The ED officials questioned Babulal Katara and Sher Singh Meena, a government teacher from Jaipur who had purchased paper from Katara in the Udaipur Central jail.

Bhupendra Saran, Suresh Vishnoi and other accused were also quizzed by the probe agency, which filed a case in the Rajasthan paper leak case to probe the money laundering charges.

Babulal Katara, who was assigned to set the senior teacher recruitment exam paper, leaked it for Rs 60 lakh, revealed the special operations group (SOG) after questioning the accused. The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police arrested the RPSC member, his nephew Vijay Katara, and Gopal Singh, a driver employed by the commission, in April.

SOG said that Katara handed over the questions to suspended government school vice-principal Anil Kumar Meena alias Sher Singh for Rs 60 lakh. Meena then delivered the paper to the other main culprits of the racket; Bhupendra Saran and Suresh Kumar Dhaka. Anil Kumar Meena was caught by the Rajasthan Police in Odisha.

The Grade II teacher recruitment paper was leaked in December last year, following which it was cancelled. A total of 55 people, including 37 candidates, were arrested in the paper leak.

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has also taken a jibe at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the matter and questioned the delay in action in paper leak cases.

He said, “Today, when our children are pained, does our heart not ache? When our girls, who have been sitting at Jantar Mantar for so many days, allege harassment, they are pained. Does our heart not ache? Today, our children who have studied for years, their parents strive hard to make ends meet and for their tuition, get them to study. They give exams, papers get leaked, get cancelled.”

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