Overview
- UPPRPB declared the widely shared ‘UP SI Exam 14 March 2026 Shift-1’ PDF fake and said legal action is underway against those spreading it.
- Officials reported a peaceful test day across all 75 districts, with 5.31 lakh candidates appearing in two shifts at 1,090 centres and no irregularities recorded.
- Lucknow Police registered seven FIRs on March 13–14 at Hussainganj police station over false leak claims and money demands, invoking the IT Act, the Uttar Pradesh Public Examination Act and relevant BNS sections.
- The STF arrested Ayush Baghel in Agra for running Telegram channels that pushed edited PDFs as leaked papers and took payments via UPI, with a phone seized and further investigation in progress.
- Authorities deployed over 32,000 personnel, set up control rooms and appointed zonal and district observers to monitor centres and online threats, as outlets reported differing candidate counts based on single-day versus two-day totals.