CBI questions Sify COO over SSC paper leak case
◗ The agency also named 7 students in the FIR who had appeared in the examination on the basis of the screen shot of the paper which was allegedly leaked
The CBI on Friday questioned chief operating officer ( COO) C. R. Rao of Sify Technologies Ltd as part of its investigation into the Staff Selection Commission ( SSC) leak paper case.
According to sources, Mr Rao was asked pointed questions by the agency sleuths during questioning. “He was specifically asked as how Sify’s central examination back- end team uploaded the question paper before the exam began and who all had access to the sensitive examination questions data,” sources said.
The CBI on Wednesday registered an FIR against 17 persons, including 10 employees of Sify Technologies Pvt Ltd, in connection with the leak of paper for the combined graduate level examination ( CGLE) of SSC. The agency sleuths had also carried out searches at 12 locations, including four offices of the Sify Technologies Pvt Ltd in Chennai, Noida, Mumbai and Okhla ( New Delhi) besides the residence of one of its employees, Sant Prasad Gupta in Sheikh Sarai area in the national capital. The search operation of the agency had also covered seven examination labs in Patna, Shimla, Ambala and Jaipur and three places in Delhi. In the CGLE- 2017, more than 30 lakh candidates across the country had applied for just over 8,000 vacancies. There are allegations that the paper of the second tier of the Combined Graduate Level ( CGL), 2017, and its answer key were allegedly leaked and became viral on social media. The agency also named seven students in the FIR who had appeared in the examination on the basis of the screen shot of the question paper which was allegedly leaked.