India, May 7 -- A day after serious allegations surfaced that 85 out of 100 questions in the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) recruitment exam were lifted verbatim from a private guidebook, authorities have initiated a high-level inquiry and suspended the ongoing recruitment process until further orders.

The written examination for constable posts, conducted on May 2 under SRPF Group 5, had come under scrutiny after candidates claimed that a majority of questions were directly taken from a practice paper titled 'Sarav Prashnasanch 10' published by Maharashtra Publication Academy.

Aspirants alleged that not only the questions but also their sequence and answer options matched exactly, raising concerns about fairness and transparency in ...