BPSC TRE 3.0 question paper was leaked before it was sent to printing: Reports

NEW DELHI: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police has found that the Bihar Public Service Commission Teacher Recruitment Examination (BPSC TRE 3.0) paper was leaked before it went to the printing press, as per reports. There was no barcode in the question paper retrieved during the raid in Hazaribagh.

Following up on a tip-off, the EOU conducted search operations at several locations in Hazaribagh on March 14 and 15, a day before and on the day of the BPSC TRE 3.0 exam. They detained over 270 aspirants on the day of the exam. The paper leak mastermind was also nabbed a few days ago and the unit found question papers, computers, laptops, printers and pen drives from their possession.

However, the BPSC said it will take a decision after it gets ‘concrete evidence’ and claimed that there was no proof of paper leak before the exam commenced. After the commission issued the statement, several aspirants started protesting demanding re-exam and also shared videos and screenshots of paper leak on X.

In a latest development, the EOU found that the ‘solver gang’ got the soft copy of the BPSC TRE 3.0 question paper in a pen drive. However, it did not have a barcode indicating that it was leaked before it was sent to the printing press, as per reports.

The unit also suspects that some important person associated with the examination conducting authority may be involved in this. The News18 reported that accused Vishal Chaurasia, hailing from Vaishali, is allegedly the mastermind of BPSC TRE 3 paper leak scam. A hefty amount of Rs 10 lakh was allegedly taken from each student for providing answer keys.