Paper leak case: Bihar Staff Service Commission chairman arrested in Jharkhand

Jitendra K Shrivastava

Tribune News Service

Patna, February 24

The special investigation team (SIT) on Friday arrested the chairman of Bihar Staff Service Commission (BSSC) Sudhir Kumar from Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand in connection with the paper leak in the Commission.

The SIT team also detained four of his relatives for questioning.

Sudhir was a suspect since the paper leak came to light. “Several politicians used to call me for favouring their candidates but I never did so,” Sudhir had claimed soon after the scam came to light.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had ordered to set up the SIT to probe the scam. The SIT is led by Patna SSP Manu Maharaj.

With this, the SIT has arrested over 30 people in connection with paper leak last month. BSSC secretary Parmeshwar Ram was arrested earlier, while owner of the printing press Vinit Kumar Aggrawal and manager Ajay Kumar were arrested from Ahmadabad as the question paper was printed there.

The SSP said, “Sudhir was a suspect and was arrested from Hazaribagh district. Four of his relatives are also being quizzed. We are committed to bringing out the truth and put the guilty behind bars.”

Another job scam surfaced on Thursday as former vice-chancellor and present JD-U legislator Mewalal Chaudhary was suspended by the party for his alleged involvement in appointing 161 assistant professors and junior scientists to Bihar Agriculture University. The probe committee has registered a case against Chaudhary at Sabour police station in Bhagalpur district.