Jharkhand paper row: ED begins probe into alleged PSC exams irregularities case
The development comes after the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government announced that both the CID and ED would investigate alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations following talks with protesting JPSC-JSSC students.
PTC News Desk: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examination, according to officials.
The development comes after the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government announced that both the CID and ED would investigate alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations following talks with protesting JPSC-JSSC students.
After the meeting, state minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu said on Sunday that the government had accepted around 98% of the demands raised by the protesting students.
The government agreed to several demands, including the cancellation of the 14th JPSC examination and backlog recruitment exams conducted in 2023 and 2025.
However, the government did not accept the students' demand to cancel the JSSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination. It also rejected their demand for a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in government recruitment exams.
“The remaining two per cent, specifically the demand to cancel the CGL exam, could not be met because the government cannot unilaterally cancel an examination conducted under the directions of the High Court and Supreme Court,” Sonu said.
The protesting students, however, have rejected the state government’s proposal and called for a “Vidhan Sabha gherao” (Assembly march) today.
According to the protesting students, the government had rejected their primary demand seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged irregularities.