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Case file · KPSC · surfaced 15 Jul 2019

Kerala PSC CPO exam fraud: student leaders and a police officer chargesheeted

Stalled documented status: Charge sheet filed

Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.

A probe that began with an unrelated 2019 campus incident found that activists from a Thiruvananthapuram college had topped the civil police officer exam through exam-hall fraud using smartwatches and earphones, aided by a serving civil police officer who relayed messages during the test. The Crime Branch charge-sheeted six people in April 2023 under forgery, breach-of-trust, conspiracy and cyber-law provisions; the rank-list placements were removed.

Examination
Civil Police Officer Recruitment 2019
Conducting body
Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC)
Exam date
9 Feb 2019
Leak date (as documented)
9 Feb 2019
Surfaced
15 Jul 2019
States
Kerala
Candidates affected
not established
Leak vector
Exam centre
State govt at the time
LDF (CPI(M)-led)
Last reviewed
11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,163

days (3y 68d) · last movement 2023-04-05

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

0 / 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

Crime Branch found Civil Police Officer rank-list candidates had received questions in advance through a coaching-linked chain with two PSC office links.

The conducting body's first response

Acknowledged it

Kerala PSC cancelled the affected rank list entries after the Crime Branch chargesheet.

The docket

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

  1. 20 Jul 2019

    FIR registered · Crime Branch, Kerala Police

    Case after the exam fraud surfaced during another investigation.

    per: PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists (Onmanorama, 5 Apr 2023)

  2. 1 Aug 2019

    Arrest · Crime Branch, Kerala Police

    Accused incl. student leaders and a civil police officer arrested over the probe.

    per: PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists (Onmanorama, 5 Apr 2023)

  3. 5 Apr 2023

    Charge sheet filed · Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate

    Charge sheet against six under IPC and cyber-law provisions carrying up to seven years.

    per: PSC question paper leak: chargesheet against 6, including SFI activists (Onmanorama, 5 Apr 2023)

What candidates got

Outcome Ordered by Order date Detail
Results withheld Kerala PSC — Fraudulent rank-list placements removed.

Sources on file

Status log

Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.

15 Jul 2019 ALLEGED Allegations surfaced publicly.
20 Jul 2019 ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED Case after the exam fraud surfaced during another investigation.
1 Aug 2019 FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE Accused incl. student leaders and a civil police officer arrested over the probe.
5 Apr 2023 ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED Charge sheet against six under IPC and cyber-law provisions carrying up to seven years.

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To: The Public Information Officer,
Crime Branch, Kerala Police

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Kerala PSC CPO exam fraud: student leaders and a police officer chargesheeted

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

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated 20 Jul 2019 concerning the question paper leak in Civil Police Officer Recruitment 2019.
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,
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[Address]
[Date]
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