BSSC Chairman arrested in exam paper leak; IAS Assoc meets CM

Bihar Staff Selection Commission chief Sudhir Kumar and five others were arrested today in connection with the paper leak scam in clerical-grade recruitment examination, even as a livid Bihar IAS Officers' Association defended him and demanded a CBI inquiry to ensure fair probe.

The arrested BSSC Chairman, who is a 1987 batch IAS officer, was produced in the court of Acting Chief Judicial Magistrate Patna City Khyati Singh who sent him and the others to judicial custody till March 3.

Kumar was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the paper leak scam.

The Bihar Chapter of the IAS Association after holding its meeting in the day met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar this evening.

"The SIT has arrested BSSC chairman Sudhir Kumar and others, including his close kin, in connection with the paper leak matter," Patna Zonal Inspector General of Police (IGP) N H Khan told

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