By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
After detailed investigations, the Uttarakhand police on Tuesday arrested Khalid Malik, the main accused in the alleged leak of three pages of a question paper for the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) graduate-level examination.
The UKSSSC has decided to debar Malik from appearing in all the examinations in future including the graduate level, a top official said.
Malik, who appeared as a candidate in the examination, has sent a screenshot of the alleged paper to his sister Sabia on mobile phone. Sabia has been arrested.
Malik was arrested in Haridwar and later sent to Dehradun where the main case has been registered against him.
On Sunday, three pages of the question paper for this examination, conducted for various departments across the state, went viral on social media, causing a big uproar in the state particularly on the social media.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Jaya Baluni, who is investigating the case, said evidence gathered during the investigation clearly indicated that Khalid carried a device to the examination center at Adarsh Bal Sadan Inter College in the Pathri area of Haridwar. Using this device, he photographed three pages of the question paper and sent them to Sabia’s mobile phone.
She stated that despite knowing that her brother was taking the competitive examination, Sabia sent the questions from Khalid’s phone to Assistant Professor Suman in Tehri, obtaining the answers from her.
Baluni said Sabia forwarded a photo of the question paper to Suman, facilitating Khalid’s cheating in the exam and obtaining the answers. Therefore, she was arrested based on her role in the case. Sabia (35) is a resident of Laksar, Haridwar.
However, she added that Khalid, who took the photo of the question paper and sent it out of the examination center, has not yet been caught and efforts are underway to arrest him.
She added that during Suman’s interrogation, the role of Khalid’s other sister, Hina, was also found to be suspicious.
Baluni stated that a case has been registered at the Raipur police station against four named and other unidentified individuals under sections 11(1), 11(2), and 12(2) of the Uttarakhand Competitive Examinations (Prevention and Control of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance, 2023.