Mumbai: The crime branch probing the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exam leak has said that Rutuja Patil, who cleared the exams for FDA inspectors, had asked her boyfriend Gaurav Patil to arrange Rs 5 lakh for payment to officials for the question paper. Because of financial constraints, police said, gaurav reportedly refused.
When such a serious and sensitive matter as MPSC’s paper being leaked has arisen, for you to respond by referencing posts written by those 40-paise trolls is utterly unbecoming of the CM of the state.
Rutuja’s father Amrit Patil arranged the money, police said. Fadnavis said that, according to the police, there was no mass paper leak and it was leaked to only one individual, but despite that as a matter of precaution the MPSC has scrapped the entire recruitment process. The time hasn’t passed yet—show a little seriousness, first remove from the chairperson position of the commission that close friend of yours whom you’ve seated there, and place a clean person in that spot,” Rohit said in a post on X. The alleged plan was hatched in March and the paper was leaked two days before the examination, according to police.
Rutuja is on the run while Amrit Patil is in police custody. Rohit also hit back at Fadnavis over the allegations linking him to Gadhave. “I heard your reaction regarding the worker who leaked the paper. If you want to show photos, we can show thousands of (Gadhave) photos with BJP leaders. Be that as it may—if you’re going to reference trolls, I was surprised to learn that you yourself appointed my worker as the OSD directly to the Pune Mayor in the Pune Municipal Corporation, where your own BJP holds power. Police suspect that Amrit Patil, a teacher and father of Rutuja Patil, who was preparing for the examination, approached Pravin Patil. Investigators allege that Pravin then contacted MPSC official Gopal Marathe, who took two other officials into confidence. Police are also probing allegations that a photocopy of the question paper was handed over to Amrit Patil at Pathardi Phata in Nashik through intermediary Mayur Thackeray, who is currently absconding.