Jharkhand's CID has arrested another accused in the ongoing probe into irregularities in the JSSC-CGL recruitment exam conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. The man taken into custody has been identified as Rajan Kumar, a resident of Shri Chandrapur village under Newra police station in Bihar's Patna district. CID picked him up on September 7, a Monday, and during questioning he is said to have revealed several details about how the exam fraud was carried out.
Hotel stays used to drill candidates on answers
According to investigators, Rajan Kumar would take candidates to a hotel in the Niyamatpur area of West Bengal shortly before the exam. There, they were made to memorise the questions expected to appear on the paper along with their answers, so they could write them down without hesitation once inside the exam hall. The probe found that several aspirants were helped this way, giving them an unfair edge over other candidates sitting the same test.
Some of the beneficiaries of this arrangement went on to clear the exam, and that is now the central thread CID investigators are pulling on, trying to establish exactly how the questions and answers reached these candidates. With Rajan now in custody, questioning is continuing, and officers are working to piece together the wider network behind the scam. Investigators are also trying to identify who else was involved besides Rajan, who supplied the questions and answers in the first place, and how money changed hands throughout the arrangement.
Rajan worked as a middleman inside the syndicate
The investigation has established that Rajan Kumar was part of a syndicate run by Mithilesh Singh, who operates ICN, the agency that conducts the JSSC-CGL exam. Mithilesh Singh is also originally from Bihar. The two are said to have met during various competitive examinations, after which Mithilesh handed Rajan a specific job: reaching out to candidates, assuring them of a passing result, and collecting money from them in return.
Rajan would collect payments from aspirants and pass the money on to Mithilesh, earning a commission for his role in the chain. CID had earlier arrested two ICN employees, Somansh Prakash and Rahul Kumar, from Delhi. During questioning under police remand, the two are understood to have given investigators details about Rajan's whereabouts and his part in the racket, information that eventually led to his arrest.
The investigation is far from over
CID officials believe the case extends well beyond Rajan and Mithilesh, pointing to a larger network that may still be active. The agency is now working to identify every middleman and facilitator who played a part in this exam-fixing operation, and further arrests are expected as the investigation progresses.
