CBI Busts Railway Exam Paper Leak; 26 Officials Held, Rs 1.17 Crore Cash Seized
The CBI on Tuesday arrested 26 East Central Railway officials, including a senior divisional electrical engineer, for allegedly leaking a departmental exam paper and seized Rs 1.17 crore in cash during raids.
The CBI has arrested 26 railway officials, including a senior divisional electrical engineer of East Central Railway, in connection with the leak of a departmental exam paper for the promotion of chief loco pilots at Mughal Sarai. The arrests were made on Monday night, just hours before the scheduled exam on Tuesday, which has now been cancelled.
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The CBI arrested the senior divisional electrical engineer (Ops) along with several railway staff for allegedly collecting money and leaking question papers. Seventeen loco pilots, who reportedly paid for the leaked papers, were caught red-handed with copies during overnight raids on March 3-4, 2025, and were also taken into custody.
According to officials, the paper was prepared by the senior divisional electrical engineer himself, who then handed it over to a loco pilot for translation into Hindi. From there, it was circulated among several officials before reaching the candidates.
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Searches at eight locations led to the recovery of Rs 1.17 crore in cash, reportedly collected from the candidates in exchange for the leaked question paper.
CBI officials confirmed that the seized hand-written question papers matched the original exam papers, sealing the case against the accused.
Following the findings, the CBI booked Sushant Parashar, Indu Prakash, and other officials under sections 61(2) (criminal conspiracy), 316(5) (criminal breach of trust), and 318(3) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), 2023, along with sections 7, 7A, and 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018).
(With inputs from PTI)
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