The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested the director of Golden Gate International College for leaking the MBBS scholarship exam question papers. The Ministry of Education cancelled the exams that were being administered at nine centers, including Golden Gate, and rescheduled them for December 13th after the bust. The CIAA arrested seven people total for their involvement in leaking the papers, including the director who was caught handing over copies of the questions.

1. MBBS scholarship exam question paper leaked
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today arrested seven
persons including Director of Golden Gate International College Devi Ram Pandey for allegedly
leaking the MBBS scholarship question paper.
The Ministry of Education held the MBBS scholarship exams at nine centres in Kathmandu
today and Golden Gate International College was one of the centres.
The bust prompted MoE to cancel the exams. “We held an emergency meeting and decided to
cancel all the exams,” said MoE Spokesperson Hari Lamsal.
The exams have been rescheduled for December 13.
According to a CIAA press release, Pandey was arrested from Ratopul, Gaushala, when he was
allegedly handing over 20 pieces of MBBS question papers (10 pieces of group A and 10 pieces
of group B question papers) to the alleged racketeer Prabhat Kumar Kushbah.
The CIAA has taken Kushbah and Golden Gate International College teacher Khechar alias
Harihar Sapkota into custody for their alleged involvement in the crime.
The anti-corruption body also said in its release that an alleged go-between, Maheshwar Prasad
Yadav, who was involved in collecting money from MBBS scholarship aspirants, was arrested.
The identity of the other three arrestees was not disclosed as it could adversely impact
investigation. CIAA Spokesman Shridhar Sapkota said, “The scope of our investigation can
widen so we are not revealing details at the moment,” adding that further investigation would
focus on the number of MBBS aspirants who were in touch with the alleged racketeers and how
much money they intended to charge them for leaking the question papers.
When asked if the alleged racketeers leaked the question papers ahead of the exam, Assistant
Spokesperson for CIAA Keshav Ghimire told THT that a team from the anti-corruption body
caught the main accused while the exams were still being held.
According to the release, Kushbah had promised to provide question papers in advance to nine
MBBS aspirants.
Ghimire said the CIAA had acted on a tip off.
Lamsal said the ministry would review the MBBS scholarship exam process and try to overhaul
it to prevent such crime in future.
“Since we cannot postpone these exams for long, this time, we may not be able to effect all the
necessary structural reforms, but we will certainly focus on exam centres,” Lamsal said, adding
that MoE would prefer to conduct exams in big halls instead of small rooms to prevent leakage
of question papers. He said the ministry could deploy sufficient number of employees if exams

2. were held in big halls.
“We deploy our employees from the ministry, but we also take the assistance of educational
centres that work as exam centres and at times, the ministry’s employees do not recognise the
employees of educational centres,” Lamsal added.
According to Lamsal, 8,500 students had applied for today’s exam.
The students selected for scholarship are sent to Kathmandu University and Tribhuvan
University affiliated colleges.
“We have annually 220 to 230 seats available for scholarship and we also get some seats from
foreign countries, which adds to the total number of scholarships,” Lamsal added.
Since last year, MoE started conducting MBBS scholarship exams once a year. It used to be
twice a year before.