Jharkhand Police apprehended four individuals, including a candidate, an invigilator, the centre superintendent, and an IT staffer, for purportedly hacking the system during the SSC GD Constable Examination-2026 in Ranchi. The accused allegedly accessed the examination center’s computer systems remotely via the internet and IP-based connections to assist candidates in solving question papers for a fee ranging from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. The incident was uncovered on May 21 when the Senior Superintendent of Police was alerted about potential computer system hacking during the online exam at the Genius Institute of Technology.
A specialized team, overseen by the Superintendent of Police, Rural, and headed by Deputy Superintendent Amar Kumar Pandey, was assembled to investigate the matter. Initial investigations revealed suspicious activities, such as a candidate’s computer in Lab-1 being restarted just before the exam at the behest of the invigilator, hinting at potential screen mirroring and hacking practices being employed. Subsequently, the candidate, Mrityunjay Kumar Yadav, and the invigilator, Sanjeet Kumar, confessed that the centre superintendent, Vikas Kumar, and the IT staffer, Munna Raj, were manipulating computers from a nearby house to hack the online system, leading to their arrests.
The police seized computers, mobile phones, broadband devices, bank cheques, and original educational certificates of candidates from the accused individuals. Further investigations unveiled a scheme where candidates were being assured success through intermediaries in Bihar, with original certificates held as collateral in exchange for guaranteed exam clearance. Authorities suspect the existence of a larger organized criminal network and are conducting additional raids to apprehend other accomplices involved in the illicit operation.
The arrested individuals, Mrityunjay Kumar Yadav from Siwan, invigilator Sanjeet Kumar, and centre superintendent Vikas Kumar from Nalanda, along with IT staffer Munna Raj from Patna, are facing charges under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, as per police reports.
