New Delhi: The Jharkhand government employee, who has been named as one of the alleged masterminds behind the leak of a Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) exam paper, has a track record of clearing several other competitive examinations, including at the central level, the state CID said in a statement.
Abhay Kumar Tiwari qualified the written examination for an assistant post at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 2014, according to what the CID found during its probe. He also cleared a written and typing examination for the head constable post in the Central Reserve Police Force.
The same year, Tiwari qualified the Police Sub-Inspector examination conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission in 2018, the CID spokesperson said.
“Facts have emerged indicating that the accused, Abhay Tiwari, has qualified in various competitive examinations. These include the 2018 Police Sub-Inspector written examination; the 2013 written examination for the post of SSR in the Navy; the 2014 written examination for an assistant post at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC); the IRB Constable written examination; the 2018 CRPF Head Constable examination (written and typing); the 2014 Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) written examination; JSSC examinations for PGT (Post Graduate Teacher) and CGL; and JPSC examinations for ACF, FRO, FSO, as well as the 11th & 13th Jharkhand Combined Civil Services preliminary examinations,” the CID spokesperson said in a statement.
The CID revelations come amid intensifying protests by students in Ranchi. They are demanding sweeping reforms in the exam-conducting bodies. They are also seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the JPSC examination, alleging political interference in CID investigations.
Tiwari is one of the 11 accused arrested so far by the CID. At the time of his arrest, Tiwari was deployed as a Block Supply Officer (BSO) in the state’s Godda district. According to the CID probe, Tiwari was the marketing manager and authorised representative of the firm, TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL), which was entrusted with conducting the 14th edition of the JPSC examination, which took place in April this year.
In the FIR lodged by the CID, Tiwari has been accused of leading an organised crime syndicate that compromised the examination. The FIR invokes provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, relating to criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery of valuable security, forgery for cheating, using forged documents as genuine and criminal conspiracy.
According to the FIR, the syndicate demanded Rs 5 lakh for the prelims, Rs 25 lakh for final selection and at least Rs 10 lakh as an advance for the mains, with a promise of selection.
The FIR also alleged that he owned multiple immovable properties and lived a lifestyle not proportionate to his known sources of income.
The police complaint alleged that Tiwari had made at least Rs 25 crore through illegal means for allegedly orchestrating paper leaks.
As part of the probe into the JPSC paper leak case, the CID on Monday conducted searches at 18 premises across the state’s districts, including Ranchi, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Bokaro, and Dhanbad.
(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)