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Case file · BPSC · surfaced 15 Mar 2024

BPSC TRE-3.0 leak: papers reached gangs before exam; both shifts cancelled

Stalled documented status: Arrests made

Confidence A — core facts anchored to primary documents (court records / official notices) cited below.

Bihar's Economic Offences Unit, acting on 13 March 2024 intelligence about a syndicate spanning Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, raided Hotel Kohinoor in Hazaribagh and found candidates being made to memorise answer keys before the 15 March TRE-3.0 exam, at a reported Rs 10 lakh per candidate. BPSC cancelled both shifts on 20 March on the SIT's preliminary findings. 266 people including 88 women had been arrested by then. The exam was re-conducted in July 2024.

Examination
Teacher Recruitment Exam TRE-3.0 (2024)
Conducting body
Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
Exam date
15 Mar 2024
Leak date (as documented)
14 Mar 2024
Surfaced
15 Mar 2024
States
Bihar, Jharkhand
Candidates affected
not established
Leak vector
In transit
State govt at the time
JD(U)–BJP (NDA)
Last reviewed
11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

813

days (2y 83d) · last movement 2024-03-20

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

1 / 7

  • ✓ FIR within 30 days
  • ✗ Charge sheet within 180 days
  • ✗ Any conviction
  • ✗ Exam cancelled & fully re-held
  • ✗ Fee refund documented
  • ✗ Official permanently removed
  • ✗ Reform gazette-notified

Each milestone scores one point only when the register holds a document for it. The gap is what the missing points describe.

How it surfaced

Who found it

Police investigation

Bihar EOU intercepted a gang that had assembled 270+ candidates in resorts in Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) the night before the exam and was made to memorise answers; the paper had moved through the transport chain.

The conducting body's first response

Acknowledged it

BPSC initially resisted, then cancelled the 15 March exam after the EOU placed its evidence on record, and re-conducted it in July 2024.

The docket

Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.

  1. 15 Mar 2024

    Arrest · EOU SIT, Bihar Police / Hazaribagh Police

    EOU PS Case, Patna (March 2024)

    Raids at Hotel Kohinoor, Barahi (Hazaribagh); 270+ candidates and operators questioned; question-paper sets and answer keys recovered. 266 arrests by 20 March.

    per: BPSC TRE 3.0 exam cancelled for both shifts due to paper leak (India Today, 20 Mar 2024)

  2. 16 Mar 2024

    FIR registered · Economic Offences Unit, Patna

    EOU PS Case, Patna (March 2024)

    Case under IPC 420/467/468/471/120B, Bihar Examination Control Act and IT Act.

    per: BPSC TRE 3.0 exam cancelled for both shifts due to paper leak (India Today, 20 Mar 2024)

  3. 20 Mar 2024

    Exam cancelled · Bihar Public Service Commission

    BPSC notice dt. 20.03.2024

    Both shifts of TRE-3.0 cancelled on the EOU's preliminary findings that papers reached an organised gang before the exam.

    per: BPSC notice: cancellation of TRE-3.0 examination of 15.03.2024 (Bihar Public Service Commission, 20 Mar 2024)

What candidates got

Outcome Ordered by Order date Detail
Exam cancelled (full) BPSC 20 Mar 2024 —
Re-exam held BPSC 20 Mar 2024 TRE-3.0 re-conducted in July 2024.

Sources on file

Status log

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15 Mar 2024 ALLEGED Allegations surfaced publicly.
15 Mar 2024 ALLEGED → ARRESTS_MADE Raids at Hotel Kohinoor, Barahi (Hazaribagh); 270+ candidates and operators questioned; question-paper sets and answer keys recovered. 266 arrests by 20 March.

Act on this record

File an RTI on this case pre-filled from the docket · RTI Act 2005 · ₹10 fee

The application below is pre-filled from this case file. Add your name and address, then send it to the Public Information Officer of Economic Offences Unit, Patna — online via rtionline.gov.in (central bodies) or your state RTI portal. 

To: The Public Information Officer,
Economic Offences Unit, Patna

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — BPSC TRE-3.0 leak: papers reached gangs before exam; both shifts cancelled

Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:

1. Current status of EOU PS Case, Patna (March 2024) dated 16 Mar 2024 concerning the question paper leak in Teacher Recruitment Exam TRE-3.0 (2024).
2. Whether a charge sheet has been filed in this matter; if yes, its date and the court where it was filed.
3. Names and current postings of all officials suspended in connection with this matter.
4. Whether any suspended official has been reinstated; if yes, the order reference and date.
5. Date and outcome of the last court hearing in this matter.

I am enclosing the application fee of Rs. 10 as required. If this application falls outside your office's purview, kindly transfer it under Section 6(3) of the Act and inform me.

Regards,
[Applicant name]
[Address]
[Date]
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