Main accused in Uttarakhand SSSC query paper leak case arrested

Police on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) arrested Khalid Malik, the principle accused within the alleged leak of three pages of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) examination query paper.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated that these concerned in examination malpractices won’t be spared below any circumstances.

Police mentioned that Khalid, who appeared as a candidate within the examination, was arrested from the Laksar space of ​​Haridwar. Earlier, the police had arrested one other accused within the case, Khalid’s sister Sabia (35). Khalid had been absconding for 3 days.

Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pramod Singh Dobal mentioned that Dehradun police has taken Khalid into custody for additional investigation because the case was registered in Dehradun.

Three pages of the query paper for the undergraduate examination held on Sunday (September 21) for varied departments surfaced on social media.

Investigating officer and Rishikesh Superintendent of Police (SP) Jaya Baluni said that proof gathered throughout the investigation clearly confirmed that Khalid allegedly took a tool to the examination centre at Adarsh ​​Bal Sadan Inter College in Bahadurpur Jat village within the Pathri space of ​​Haridwar, utilizing which he photographed three pages of the query paper and despatched them to his cell phone, which was in Sabia’s possession.

She mentioned that Sabia allegedly despatched these questions from Khalid’s cellphone to Suman, an assistant professor in Tehri, and acquired the solutions from her. “Sabia sent the question paper photo to Suman and obtained the answers from her, with the intention of helping Khalid cheat in the exam. Therefore, considering her role in the case, she has been arrested,” Baluni mentioned.

She additionally said that in Suman’s interrogation, the function of Khalid’s different sister, Hina, was additionally discovered to be suspicious, and the investigation is ongoing.

A case has been registered in opposition to 4 named and different unidentified people below related sections of the Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Control of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance, 2023, within the Raipur police station space of ​​Dehradun.

Baluni said that the examination centre was inspected on Monday, and the principal, the examination room inspector, and people who put in the jammer have been totally questioned.

Screenshots of three pages of the query paper for the graduate-level aggressive examination performed by the fee on September 21 went viral on social media, displaying the time when the images have been taken was shortly after the examination started.

Commission Chairman Ganesh Singh Martolia additionally expressed shock as to how the query paper was leaked regardless of the jammers being put in on the examination centres. Following the uproar over this incident, the fee submitted a criticism to Dehradun police, requesting an in depth investigation. Dehradun SSP Ajay Singh shaped a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to research the matter.