Odisha Question Paper Leak: OSSC Issues Show Cause Notices To 55 Candidates

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) on Saturday issued show cause notices to 55 candidates in connection with the Junior Engineer (Civil) main written examination question paper leak.

Issuing the notices on the basis of the report from Balasore Superintendent of Police, the Commission asked the candidates as to why they shall not be barred lifetime from recruitment of OSSC.

“Efforts are on to link remaining 37 candidates with their application in co-ordination with Balasore Police. Some more information has been requested from police to help link the candidates with the application,” the Commission said.

It may be noted here that the OSSC had on July 23 cancelled the Main Written Examination for JE (Civil) conducted on July 16, 2023, after Balasore SP confirmed the question paper leak. The Commission has also rescheduled the examination to September 3.

The Balasore Police on Thursday claimed to have solved the OSSC question paper leak case and revealed that the leak happened from a printing press located outside Odisha.

The Balasore Police on Thursday arrested eight more persons including the mastermind behind the question paper leak episode. All the accused were arrested from Bihar while the mastermind in the case is stated to be a Bihar government employee.

So far, 17 persons, including the mastermind have been arrested in the question paper leak case.