APPSC suspends four officials for question paper leak

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Press Trust of India Itanagar
Last Updated : Dec 26 2014 | 2:45 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has suspended four officials for their alleged involvement in the leakage of question papers of the APPSCE (Main) 2014.
The four suspended officials are the Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Private Secretary and PA to Joint Secretary, an APPSC release said today.
The Commission said it had initiated the process for disciplinary proceedings against the officials suspended on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the government has assured the Commission of providing officers so that the APPSC examination can be conducted at the earliest, the release said.
The leakage of general studies question paper of the Civil Services (Mains) examination conducted in September this year has rocked the state with hundreds of aspirants staging dharna against the APPSC which forced the Commission to postpone the examination till further notice.
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First Published: Dec 26 2014 | 2:45 PM IST

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