Uttarakhand HC dismisses plea for CBI probe into question paper leak case

NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the State Subordinate Services Selection Board question paper leak case.

The petition was filed by Deputy Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and Congress MLA Bhuvan Kapri. Earlier, the court had asked the petitioner why he had doubts about the investigation being conducted by the Special Task Force (STF) in the matter. A single bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra asked the state government to prepare a complete chart on the matter, explaining how irregularities happened and how people got appointments. The court also asked the petitioner to explain his locus standi to file a PIL.

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So far, The STF has arrested 34 people. According to Kapri's PIL, only the 'small fish' have been arrested by the STF until now, while the big shots are still roaming free. The petition alleged that the STF has failed to reach the real culprits in the case as the role of many senior officers and leaders of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand is suspected. Kapri also alleged in the PIL that the government is trying to save the culprits.

In addition, Sanjiv Kumar Chauhan, the brother of RMS TechnoSolutions Pvt Ltd's owner Rajesh Chauhan, was arrested by the STF for taking over 20 candidates from Udham Singh Nagar district to an apartment in Ghaziabad with another arrested accused Sandeep Sharma to help them solve the leaked question paper.

The High Court dismissed the petition seeking a CBI probe and stated that the STF has almost completed its investigation in the case and 42 people have been arrested, and the charge sheet has also been filed in the case.