Chandauli, March 4 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted a Departmental Examination Paper leak scam under the East Central Railway at Mughalsarai during an operation launched on the intervening night of 3rd and 4th March 2025, the CBI said in a statement on Tuesday.

East Central Railway had scheduled a Departmental Examination for the posts of Chief Loco Inspectors on 4th March 2025. During the checks conducted by CBI at three spots on the intervening night at Mughalsarai, 17 candidates were found with photocopies of handwritten question papers.

"In this regard, a case has been registered against a Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Ops) and eight other Railway officials and unknown candidate and unknown others," the a...