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SIT flags irregularities in APPSC Group-I exam
The Andhra Pradesh Police SIT has told the high court that the 2020 Group-I exam conducted by the APPSC was riddled with fraud, Hindustan Times reports. The investigation found that answer scripts…
The Story in Brief
The Andhra Pradesh Police SIT has told the high court that the 2020 Group-I exam conducted by the APPSC was riddled with fraud, Hindustan Times reports. The investigation found that answer scripts were moved to a resort for 84 days, unauthorised persons including electricians and housewives were used as evaluators, and 718 of 736 answer sheets showed forensic evidence of tampering. The SIT also discovered that marks were artificially adjusted and that the digital evaluation contract was handed to a firm run by a friend of the then APPSC secretary without competitive bidding. The high court has already ordered a fresh mains exam.
The Indian Opinion
The SIT report confirms what many job aspirants in Andhra Pradesh feared: that the 2020 Group-I exam was rigged from top to bottom. The opposition YSR Congress will likely cry vendetta, but the forensic evidence of forgery, impersonation, and mark manipulation is too detailed to dismiss as a political hit job. The real test is whether the state government will prosecute the former APPSC secretary and his accomplices without delay, and whether the fresh examination ordered by the high court can be conducted with iron-clad integrity.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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