# BPSC ASO Mains result 2026 out, Santosh Kumar tops 2026-10-28T09:11:29+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has announced the Assistant Section Officer (ASO) Mains result for 2026. Santosh Kumar ranked first, Sarita Kumari second and Rahulraj Kumar third. Of the 609 candidates who appeared for the exam on 27 February, 41 were selected. Category-wise cut-offs include 115 marks for unreserved, 108 for EWS, 113 each for EBC and BC, and 102 for SC. ABP Live reports that 11 candidates were disqualified after disability verification at IGIMS Patna. Rishu Kumar, listed second in the EWS category, will be appointed only after the court decides Sessions Trial No. 153/2025 pending before the Additional Sessions Judge-III in Muzaffarpur. Candidates can check the result PDF on the BPSC website. Update, 28 October 2026: ABP Live adds that 11 candidates were disqualified after disability verification at IGIMS Patna, where five candidates had disability below the 40% threshold. Business Standard does not report these details. Both outlets confirm 41 candidates selected and the court-pending appointment of Rishu Kumar. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The coverage is uniform straight reporting. Both Business Standard and ABP Live reproduce the same key facts: 41 candidates selected, Santosh Kumar topping the list, category-wise cut-offs, and the court-pending appointment of EWS candidate Rishu Kumar. The only difference in newsworthiness is that ABP Live adds the detail that 11 candidates were disqualified after disability verification at IGIMS Patna, a procedural fact Business Standard omits. The balanced reading is straightforward: BPSC has published the result on schedule, and one appointment awaits a court decision. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - business-standard.com (neutral report) Straight announcement of result with no slant - abplive.com (neutral report) Adds disability verification detail but still neutral This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Bihar Public Service Commission, BPSC, Santosh Kumar, Sarita Kumari Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/santosh-kumar-tops-bpsc-aso-mains-2026-41-selected/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/santosh-kumar-tops-bpsc-aso-mains-2026-41-selected/#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/