Himachal Pradesh Police has formed an eight-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) conductor recruitment exam leak case.
The exam was conducted by Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC), Hamirpur on Sunday.
Deputy Inspector General (crime) Bimal Gupta will head the SIT with Kangra superintendent of police (SP) Vimukt Ranjan, Shimla SP Mohit Chawla, cyber crime SP Sandeep Dhawal, CID SP Sandeep Bhardwaj, Solan additional SP Ashok Kumar, Hamirpur DSP Renu Kumari and Mandi DSP (headquarters) Karan Singh Guleria as its members.
Himachal DGP Sanjay Kundu said that the SIT will ascertain the involvement of any organised gang or group in the paper leak case.
Till the evening, three people were arrested in the case.
Jitender Kanwar, Secretary, HPSSC on Tuesday said that we have sought a report from SDM Shimla (rural) and SDM Shahpur within seven days in the paper leak incident.
Notably, a candidate at an exam centre at APG University, Shimla had allegedly sneaked in a Smartphone. He had clicked the photo of a few pages of the question paper and circulated it on social media.
Talking cognizance of the paper leak, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had said that the guilty persons will not be spared at any cost and strong legal action would be taken against them.