Following the paper leak that took place during the government recruitment exam, hundreds of students and members of Uttarakhand Berozgar Sangh (Unemployed Association) protested in Dehradun on Monday (September 22, 2025).

Demanding justice for those who spent months preparing for exams and ended up losing it to paper leak, students alleged that the anti-cheating law remain no deterrent for the cheating mafias in the State.

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The district administration had issued prohibitory orders sensing a huge crowd mobilisation to the capital. Despite this, students managed to march towards the secretariat and jammed main road of the city. They were later stopped by the police.

The protestors alleged that the cheating mafia leaked the UKSSSC paper just 30 minutes before the exam started on Sunday (September 21, 2025).