A serving Army officer of Lieutenant Colonel rank has been arrested in connection with the soldier recruitment paper leak case, which had come to light in the last week of February and has till now led to close to a dozen arrests, including of serving Army officers and personnel. After receiving a tip-off about a paper leak, officials from Military Intelligence of the Army conducted a joint operation with Pune police and seized ‘leaked’ question papers. Police are also probing the role of a clerk who was part of the recruitment process at a different location in the country. After the leak, the Pune police had registered two separate offences at Wanawadi and Vishrantwadi police stations in Pune city, denoting probes by two separate teams of the Crime Branch into the paper leak. The findings of the inquiry will be incorporated in the existing system of recruitment process to make it more foolproof and robust.

Source: Indian Express May 17, 2021 18:33 UTC