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Ranchi: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) is set to file a chargesheet against eight successful candidates, along with Somesh Prakash and his associate Rahul Kumar linked to ICN India Private Limited, in the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination paper leak case. For the first time in this investigation, the agency will invoke relevant legal sections specifically related to paper leaks. Although this marks the second chargesheet filed in connection with the CGL examination probe, the earlier chargesheet filed against 28 accused persons had only invoked sections pertaining to cheating.
Among the successful candidates named in the upcoming chargesheet are Abhay Tiwari, identified as the mastermind in the JPSC case, his wife Sushma Tiwari, and his brother Akshay Tiwari. The list of accused candidates also includes Deepak Kumar Singh, a resident of BCCL Colony in Dugda, Umesh Kumar Rai, Vijay Kumar Tiwari from Rajganj in Dhanbad, and Anand Kumar Singh from Sudamdih. All eight candidates had received their appointment letters on December 30, 2025, and were subsequently posted as Assistant Section Officers (ASO) across various government departments.
Evidence of Rahul’s Presence at Printing Factory
Investigations conducted by the CID have uncovered evidence placing Rahul Kumar, an employee of ICN India Private Limited, inside a printing factory located in Manesar, Haryana. The company had been entrusted with organizing the examination and handling other confidential processes. Investigators verified Rahul’s presence during the printing phase through entry records in the factory register, supported by an analysis of his mobile phone call detail records and location data.
According to the investigating agency, sets of question papers reached Rahul via WhatsApp prior to the examination, and he subsequently forwarded them to Somesh Prakash. Copies of the leaked papers were then distributed to ICN director Mithilesh Singh and other co-accused. Through this network, answers to the leaked questions were allegedly memorized by selected candidates across multiple cities, including Ranchi, Bokaro, Durgapur, Patna, and Dhanbad, ahead of the test.
Somesh’s Role From Question Setting to Results
The CID probe has also detailed the extensive responsibilities held by Somesh Prakash during the examination cycle. Investigators found that he oversaw critical and sensitive tasks, including setting question papers, printing OMR sheets and question booklets, conducting the examination, evaluating answer sheets, and preparing the final results.
The agency found that once the question papers were leaked from printing presses in Manesar and Rajasthan, they moved through Rahul to Somesh. From there, the papers reached an alleged examination mafia network that included RK Singh, alias Mithilesh Singh. Investigators are treating this chain of transmission as a central element of the conspiracy.
Candidates Memorized Answers at Bokaro Residence
Further investigation revealed that Bokaro served as a primary location where candidates were made to memorize the leaked material. The CID established that Abhay Tiwari, Akshay Tiwari, and Sushma Tiwari traveled from Giridih to a residence in Sector 2 of Bokaro. At this house, they memorized the questions and answers in the presence of Somesh Prakash and Mithilesh Singh.
Accused individuals linked to the Dugda syndicate had also gathered at the exact same location to prepare with the leaked papers. While the CID is currently moving forward with the chargesheet against these eight candidates and the ICN-linked accused, the agency confirmed that a supplementary chargesheet will be filed later against the remaining arrested suspects in the case.
