# Jharkhand exam scam: kingpin confesses CDPO seats were sold for Rs 10 lakh each 2026-08-27T06:32:34+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets The CID-SIT probing Jharkhand recruitment exam irregularities has questioned over 100 candidates and issued notices to 20 more based on information from prime accused Abhay Tiwari, a former marketing manager at outsourcing firm TDPL. Tiwari told investigators that almost all general category seats in the 2026 CDPO examination were rigged for out-of-state candidates who paid at least Rs 10 lakh each. He alleged rates of Rs 5 lakh to clear the preliminary civil services exam and Rs 40-60 lakh for final selection, with specific payments named for forest officer and assistant conservator posts. Tiwari's statement claims former JPSC chairman L Khiangte received Rs 2 crore for the TDPL contract, and that interview boards were set to favour specific candidates for payments of Rs 10-15 lakh. The CID is verifying these claims against digital evidence, bank records, and OMR sheets sent to the forensic lab. All reported figures remain under investigation and have not been independently established. The Opposition continues to demand the case be transferred to the CBI. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Assam Tribune gives the most detailed version of Tiwari's confession, naming specific candidates, rates, and intermediaries the others omit, including the claim that almost all general-category CDPO seats were rigged for out-of-state candidates. Gulf News reports the same facts in compressed wire-copy form. National Herald also carries the rate card but leads with the CID questioning over 100 candidates rather than with Tiwari's statements, and mentions the allegation against the former JPSC chairman only later. The Hindu leads with a different state's CID search (Karnataka) and does not cover the Tiwari confession at all, causing the story to read as two separate investigations. None of the sources independently verify Tiwari's claims. The next test is whether the CID can corroborate his detailed account of the interview-fixing mechanism using the digital and financial evidence it is now collecting. ## Coverage Coverage: 4 sources, 2 neutral, 2 sensationalist - nationalheraldindia.com (neutral report) Leads with CID questioning over 100 candidates, frames the story as an expanding investigation with detailed rate card from Tiwari's interrogation but notes claims are unverified - thehindu.com (sensationalist) Leads with rape and murder of a minor rather than the exam scandal itself, the story's main subject is not the exam irregularities - gulfnews.com (neutral report) Structured as wire-copy list of alleged rates and investigator actions, no independent framing beyond reporting the CID's expansion of probe - assamtribune.com (sensationalist) Leads with Tiwari's confession and specific candidate names, frames the story as a widening scandal with implications for more arrests This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Abhay Tiwari, CID-SIT, Jharkhand Public Service Commission, JPSC, L Khiangte, TDPL Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/jharkhand-exam-scam-kingpin-confesses-cdpo-seats-were-sold-for-rs-10-lakh-each/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/jharkhand-exam-scam-kingpin-confesses-cdpo-seats-were-sold-for-rs-10-lakh-each/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/