LOK SABHA
On receipt
of source information, the Central Bureau of Investigation and
Railway Vigilance jointly conducted a raid on August 17 and
18, 2002 and detected a case of pilferage of question paper
of written examination for recruitment to the post of Assistant
Station Masters conducted by Railway Recruitment Board, Ahmedabad.
The delinquents involved in the racket and beneficiaries of
pilferage were arrested. The examination was cancelled. The
matter is under detailed investigation by the Central Bureau
of Investigation.
All Railway
Recruitment Boards have been instructed to ensure strict confidentiality
of the question papers and to make foolproof security arrangements
in the matter of printing, storage and transportation of the
same so that such pilferage do not recur.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru
Dattaraya in a written reply to a question from Smt. Jayaben
B. Thakkar in the Lok Sabha today.
