Three people were arrested in connection with the alleged question paper leak in a government recruitment examination in Bihar, officials said on Saturday (August 1, 2026).
The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission's (BPSSC's) Havildar Instructor Examination, originally scheduled for August 5, has been postponed until further notice, they said.
The arrested persons have been identified as Raj Samdarshi alias Raja (25) of Patna, Abhishek Kumar (21) of Vaishali, and Nitesh Kumar (28), a biometric supervisor also from Vaishali.
Beyond paper leaks, the question of trust and institutional integrity
According to a statement issued by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU), Samdarshi was detained after police received a tip-off that he would appear at the Hajipur centre for the Home Guard Service Instructor Examination conducted on Wednesday.
