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UPSC denies goof-up over aspirant's result

Parents of youth who committed suicide insist the UPSC was at fault

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Two days after a 24-year-old IAS aspirant reportedly committed suicide over an alleged goof-up by the UPSC over its Civil Services (Main) results, the commission on Monday claimed that the youth, Manjunath VY, had not even cleared the preliminary exams.

The parents of Manjunath dismissed the UPSC claim, insisting that they had his e-admit cards for both the preliminary and main exams.

Manjunath, who had completed his BE in information sciences from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering, was found hanging in an under-construction building in Kodagu district on Saturday. He left home on May 9, informing his parents that he was going to Chennai to meet friends. His body was found by construction labourers.
The UPSC said in a statement that Manjunath had applied for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2012 and been allotted roll no 538950 with Bangalore as his exam centre. He appeared for the exam but did not clear this hurdle, the commission said, adding that no such candidate with the said roll number had appeared for the main exam or the subsequent interview either.

The commission admitted having received a fax message on May 7 from one Pradeep Kumar who complained that his friend Manjunath had told him that according to the results announced by UPSC, a candidate with the roll number 538745 and name B Ashwin had been selected instead of Manjunath. Pradeep said that Manjunath had not received any letter from the UPSC. The family claims that Manjunath had appeared for all three rounds of the Civil Services exam with the roll number 538745.

Yadav Murthy, Manjunath’s father, said his son had indeed appeared in the preliminary exams with the roll number 538745 and not with the one that the UPSC had given to the media. He said, ”I myself had dropped Manjunath at the examination centre, and also for the interview after the main exam.” Murthy showed documents indicating that Manjunath had appeared for both the written exams with the roll number 538745. The father said Manjunath had contacted UPSC officials over phone, but nothing came out from the complaint.

UPSC additional secretary RK Gupta, however, alleged that someone might have doctored the a-admit cards (that were shown by Murthy to journalists).

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