JAIPUR: Rajasthan police’s particular operations group (SOG) arrested Sunday former Rajasthan Public Service Fee (RPSC) member Ramu Ram Raika for allegedly offering a leaked query paper of the 2021 sub-inspector recruitment examination to his daughter and son, who had “topped” the take a look at.
ADG (SOG) VK Singh stated Raika’s daughter Shobha Raika (26) and son Devesh Raika (27) had been additionally arrested, together with three different trainee SIs – Manju Devi (30), Avinash Palsania (28), and Vijendra Kumar (41).”The accused have been despatched to police remand until Sept 7,” he stated. The function of Raika, who served as an RPSC member from 2018 to 2022, is beneath the lens, an officer stated. RPSC has been beneath public scrutiny, particularly since 2023, when SOG arrested RPSC member B L Katara for his function in leaking the 2022 senior instructor recruitment examination paper.
Earlier than his arrest, Katara was a part of the interview panel for the SI examination.
The investigation revealed that a number of of the arrested trainee SIs, who had secured high ranks within the 2021 exams, carried out poorly when requested to reappear for a similar take a look at. Shobha, who had ranked fifth, and her brother Devesh, who ranked fortieth, are beneath intensive examination as a result of their father’s place as an RPSC member through the 2021 exams.
A senior police officer stated Shobha, who initially scored 188.68 and 154.84 marks out of 200 in Hindi and common data may solely reply 24 questions accurately in Hindi and 34 in GK through the retest.
“Shobha scored 343.52 marks within the written exams and secured the fifth rank in Rajasthan. But, she failed miserably within the retest,” the official stated.
Additional considerations about transparency inside the fee arose when it was revealed that Katara was a part of the interview panel for Shobha. “Shobha scored 34 marks out of fifty through the interviews, whereas her brother scored 28,” stated an official.
