ITANAGAR, May 3: Gyamar Padang, the whistleblower of the infamous Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak fiasco passed away on Wednesday at a hospital in Hyderabad. As per information, Padang was undergoing treatment at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospital in Hyderabad. He was severely ill and his health condition was deteriorating day by day and he breathed his last at 8:30 am today.
A pall of gloom descended upon civil service aspirants and their guardians following the demise of Padang who spearheaded the APPSC fiasco. Meanwhile, condolence messages poured in from several quarters on social media platforms.
Tributes started to pour in from all corners including Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Chief Minister Pema Khandu and other top authorities of the state.
Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee (PAJSC) a group of aspirants formed after Padang’s expose on APPSC job scam also expressed their grief. The group also appealed to the citizens to refrain from making any chaos inflicting statements at this hour across all media platforms.
On 29 August 2022, Gyamar Padang, a candidate for the examination, lodged an FIR at the Itanagar police station, complaining that the question papers for the APPSC were leaked.
The APPSC paper leak case created a furore in the State following which massive agitation took place.
The CBI had taken over the investigation on October 26, 2022 on the recommendation of the state government and later conducted searches at around 16 different places in Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh in November last year.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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