Chhattisgarh Paper Leak: IGKV Demands Police Probe Following Suspected Tampering in Genetics Test

Another major controversy has hit the academic sector in Chhattisgarh as the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) in Raipur has officially requested a formal police investigation into the alleged leak of yet another B.Sc. Agriculture question paper. The examination in question—the Fundamentals of Genetics (APB) paper—was conducted on August 19 across 28 affiliated agricultural colleges, raising fresh concerns over exam security and institutional oversight.University Seeks Police Intervention Following Media ReportThe alleged security breach came to light after a prominent national Hindi daily published investigative reports regarding the leak. Following the publication, a local journalist shared a digital PDF file containing specific exam questions and answers via WhatsApp with the university's Information and Public Relations Officer. Prompted by the revelation, IGKV authorities formally approached the Station House Officer of the Telibandha police station, submitting an official complaint to trace the source of the breach.Internal Committee Finds Clear Signs of Envelope TamperingIn response to the mounting crisis, the university constituted an internal five-member inquiry committee to conduct a preliminary review. During the assessment, committee members closely inspected the security envelopes utilized to dispatch question papers to various colleges and subsequently transport them back to the university headquarters.The preliminary findings revealed alarming similarities, indicating clear signs of tampering with the sealed envelopes—particularly the one containing the Genetics paper. Officials noted that these tampering patterns closely mirrored anomalies uncovered in previous examination leak cases currently under active police investigation.Escalating Paper Leak Scandals at IGKVThis latest incident compounds a mounting series of security failures at the agricultural university. Just days prior, on August 22, law enforcement officials arrested a college professor alongside five students from a private institution in Durg district in connection with a separate IGKV question paper breach. That particular incident forced authorities to cancel the second-year B.Sc. Agriculture Entomology examination after the leak surfaced on August 20. Furthermore, on August 24, IGKV cancelled the first-year Plant Pathology exam held on August 7 following confirmed police verification of a leak.Handing Over Evidence to Law EnforcementUniversity officials confirmed that all substantial evidence—including copies of the newspaper report, the leaked question-and-answer PDFs, the original master question paper, and the internal inquiry committee's comprehensive report—has been officially handed over to the police. The Telibandha police station acknowledged receipt of the formal complaint, confirming that a thorough criminal investigation is underway to identify the culprits and restore integrity to the state's agricultural examination systems.