Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Jharkhand scam: Abhay Tiwari names JPSC members, ex-chairman
In Jharkhand, a state in India, people take a big test called the JPSC exam to get government jobs.
The police now think some people cheated on these tests by paying money to get higher marks and win jobs.
A man named Abhay Tiwari was arrested by the detectives.
He used to work for the company that helps run the exams.
Tiwari told police the names of important people he says were part of the cheating, including the former head of the exam board.
He says they changed interview marks and leaked exam papers for money.
Some people who got jobs, like Robin Kumar and Rajesh Rajak, are said to have paid bribes.
The police are checking his story using bank records, phones and other evidence.
Nobody has been proven guilty yet, and the courts will decide what really happened.
Jharkhand CID arrested Abhay Kumar Tiwari, a government employee and former TDPL marketing manager, who named several JPSC officials in an alleged recruitment scam involving paper leaks.
Tiwari alleged that former JPSC chairman L Khiangte, former members Ajita Bhattacharya, Jamal Ahmad and Anima Hansda, and TDPL director Ramveer Singh were involved.
He claimed candidates were charged up to Rs 60-70 lakh by final selection in the 11th-13th JPSC exam cycles, with rates of Rs 20-25 lakh for FRO, Rs 30-35 lakh for ACF and Rs 10 lakh for CDPO exams.
Named successful candidates include Robin Kumar (rank 7), Shailesh Ranjan Sinha (rank 55) and Rajesh Kumar Rajak (rank 271), with Koderma resident Lalu Yadav allegedly acting as agent.
The CID is verifying Tiwari's statement against bank records, call detail records, digital evidence and witnesses; the allegations have not been established in court.
- Who
- Abhay Kumar Tiwari, a Jharkhand government employee and former TDPL marketing manager arrested by the CID, whose statement named JPSC officials including former chairman L Khiangte.
- What
- Allegations of a recruitment scam in which candidates paid lakhs of rupees to have interview marks inflated and examinations manipulated, leading to selections in JPSC exams.
- When
- Allegations cover the 11th-13th JPSC exam cycles, including the 2023 Civil Services Examination (results declared in July 2025) and a January complaint about OMR sheet manipulation.
- Where
- Jharkhand, including Ranchi, Godda, Hazaribagh, Koderma and Namkum.
- Why
- Candidates allegedly paid bribes to secure government jobs through manipulated JPSC examinations; the CID is verifying Tiwari's statement against documentary, digital and financial evidence.
- Accused
- Abhay Kumar Tiwari, Block Supply Officer in Poreyahat, Godda and former TDPL marketing manager
- Investigation agency
- Jharkhand CID
- Exams affected
- JPSC Civil Services (11th-13th cycles), CDPO, FRO, ACF
- Alleged rates
- Rs 60-70 lakh for final JPSC selection; FRO Rs 20-25 lakh; ACF Rs 30-35 lakh; CDPO Rs 10 lakh
- Named JPSC officials
- L Khiangte (former chairman), Ajita Bhattacharya, Jamal Ahmad, Anima Hansda
- Candidates named
- Robin Kumar (rank 7), Shailesh Ranjan Sinha (rank 55), Rajesh Kumar Rajak (rank 271)
- Arrests so far
- At least 20 people, including Khiangte and several TDPL employees
- Legal status
- Allegations not established in court; CID verifying evidence
