Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has assured the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) exam aspirants that no one guilty will be spared in the alleged paper leak. His assurance comes a little after the Uttarakhand Police arrested Khalid Malik, the main accused.

“The future of youth will not be allowed to be played with. Action will be taken against whoever is found to be guilty. We have a zero-tolerance policy…More than 100 cheating mafia members are already behind bars…One accused has been arrested here. All agencies are investigating it. All decisions will be taken that are right and in the interest of students,” CM Dhami said while talking to local reporters.

Khalid Malik was arrested by the local police on Wednesday (September 24) as the main accused in the alleged paper leak in the UKSSSC question paper. Prior to this, the police had also arrested his sister.

SSP Dehradun Ajay Singh told local reporters that an investigation is underway to ascertain why the paper was leaked. “…The initial investigation suggests a conspiracy angle, so a statement on this matter would be appropriate only after a detailed interrogation. However, as of now, he has been taken into custody, as he is wanted in this case. Furthermore, the most important thing was to determine whether there was a well-planned conspiracy. The second question was whether there was an organised gang involved in the paper leak,” he was quoted by ANI.

“I would like to clarify that there was no organised gang involved, and I believe this was done by an individual or a group of individuals. We are investigating it from both angles. One is from the conspiracy angle, and the second is how he leaked the twelve questions of the paper. The investigation is still on, the interrogation is still going on, so we will be able to give detailed information about it later…His sister has also been sent to judicial custody…The investigation is ongoing…”

The Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission exam was held on September 21 (Sunday) between 11 am and 1 pm. Following the exam, allegations of paper leak surfaced after three pages of the question paper were circulated online. While two people have been arrested, candidates claim that the incident is not limited to the two individuals.