TSPSC paper leak case: Telangana Congress chief appears before SIT

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee TPCC president and party MP A Revanth Reddy on Thursday appeared before the Special Investigation Team SIT probing into the case of the question paper leak for a recruitment test conducted by the TSPSC after being summoned to give evidence over his allegations in connection with the caseCongress workers protested over the notice issued to Revanth Reddy as he appeared at the SIT office hereThe Telangana Congress claimed that ahead of Revanth Reddys appearance before the SIT several Congress leaders and cadre had been put under house arrest or taken into preventive custody here as well as in some other places in the stateWe witnessed high drama of BRS in front of ED office in Delhi and here TelanganaCMO tries to suppress the protests of opposition The arrests of our leaders and cadre is highly condemnable in the context that I have been asked to appear today at the SIT office to give evidence on TSPSC paper leak based on my statements Revanth Reddy tweetedIn a notice served recently the SIT of Hyderabad Police asked the Congress leader to be present at its office on March 23 and produce documents or other thingmaterial which may be relevant for the purpose of the investigation being carried out in connection with the caseReddy was asked to share the information and submit evidence to the SIT with regard to the allegations made by him the police had saidThe TPCC chief on Sunday alleged that about 100 persons hailing from one mandal had secured more than 103 marks in GroupI examsAlso Read Two booked for drinking creating ruckus midair on DubaiMumbai flightHe went on to accuse the personal assistant of State IT Minister KT Rama Rao of having links with the second accused a contract employee at TSPSC in the paper leak case and pointed out that the PA and the accused hailed from neighbouring villagesThe Telangana State Public Service Commission TSPSC on March 15 cancelled the Assistant Engineers AE exam held on March 5 following allegations that the question paper had been leakedAmid protests by opposition parties and students groups in the past several days over the alleged question paper leak the Commission on March 17 cancelled the GroupI preliminary exam and two other tests as wellNine people including an Assistant Section Officer in the TSPSC a contract employee of TSPSC two candidates and a police constable were arrested on March 13 over their alleged involvement in the data breach for stealing and leaking of TSPSCs Assistant Engineer Civil examination question paperThe exam was held on March 5Police are investigating if there are any more people involved in the case and whether any other question papers had also been leakedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever