Senior IAS officer and the chairman of the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC), Sudhir Kumar, was arrested on Friday by the Special Investigating Team of the police in the question paper leak scam.
Mr Kumar, 1987 batch IAS officer, was arrested along with four of his family members from Hazaribagh in neighbouring Jharkhand. Earlier, BSSC secretary Parmeshwar Ram was arrested and sent to jail in the same case.
During his interrogation, Mr Ram had allegedly named several ministers, MLAs and bureaucrats of the state. The SIT led by Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj has so far arrested over two dozen persons. “Many more arrests can be made as the investigation is still going on,” Mr Maharaj said.
Viral on social media
The question paper for the examination to appoint government clerks and assistants on January 29 and February 5 were leaked and had gone viral on social media.
The next day examinees staged a violent protest outside the gate of the BSSC and even had thrashed its secretary, Mr Ram.
Later, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ordered the cancellation of the examination and a thorough investigation into the question paper leak. An SIT of the Patna police was formed to probe it.
Mr Kumar, known as an upright and honest officer, had earlier told journalists that “favouritism and recommendations” have been norm in the BSSC and that he used to get recommendations and request phone calls from politicians.
