MPSC admits drug inspector paper leak, re-examination soon

MUMBAI: Days after claiming that there was no paper leak in the Drug Inspector Recruitment Examination, the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has now admitted that there was a paper leak and has decided to hold the exams again. Six people have been arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch out of which one is a (undersecretary) senior MPSC official.

This paper leak comes days after another paper of the Teachers' Eligibility Test was found leaked in June. Rohit Pawar of NCP(SP) said that since 2023 at least 15 papers of various exams held in the state have been leaked. Even the papers for internal exams in the excise department have been leaked, he claimed. "We were the ones who kept saying that MPSC paper has been leaked. Now, MPSC has finally admitted that the paper was leaked. MPSC chairman and secretary should resign. We want the exams to be held on an offline basis and a man with a clean reputation be appointed to head the MPSC," Rohit said.

He alleged that MPSC was trying to still downplay the incident by claiming that the paper was leaked to only one person. However, Rohit alleged that the leak was widespread and the leaked papers were initially sold for ?10-12 lakh and subsequently sold for ?Rs 40 lakh per paper. "We need a proper probe, and findings of the investigation should be made public. There were several people involved in this leakage. We are being given some new evidence in the paper leak by students who appeared in the exam. We want an impartial investigation into this."


The Drug Inspectors exams under the MPSC were held on March 22 this year and the results were declared on June 12.