RO/ARO Paper Leak
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The STF, which is investigating the paper leak case in the Review Officer (RO) / Assistant Review Officer (ARO) Preliminary Examination-2023, has revealed that the paper was leaked from a printing press in Bhopal. Earlier, there were allegations of LT grade teacher recruitment paper being leaked from the printing press.
Candidates have raised the question that despite having a government printing press in the state, why does the commission trust the private printing press so much? However, for the sake of purity in the examinations and security of the papers, the demand has been raised earlier that the question papers of the recruitment examinations should be printed in the government printing press only.
Many years ago, a proposal was made to print question papers in the Government Press of Prayagraj but this proposal went into the dustbin and the recruitment agencies kept getting the papers printed in private printing presses as per their convenience. Earlier in March 2018, an advertisement was issued for recruitment to 10768 posts of LT grade teachers. There were allegations of leakage of Hindi and Social Science subject papers in the examination.
The investigation in the case was handed over to the STF. The investigation revealed that the papers were leaked from a private printing press in Kolkata, West Bengal. In this case, the STF arrested the printing press operator. Later, the then examination controller of the commission, Anju Katiyar, was also arrested, who later got bail from the court.