Patna: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has clarified that the candidate who secured rank 301 in the Civil Services Examination is Akanksha Singh from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, rejecting a competing claim made by a woman in Bihar.
The commission issued a press statement on Monday after controversy erupted when two women named Akanksha Singh claimed the same rank in the examination.
One of the claims came from a woman in Ara, Bihar, who had been widely reported in local media as having cleared the examination. She is the granddaughter of Brahmeshwar Singh, also known as Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, the late leader of the Ranvir Sena, a private militia once active in Bihar.
However, the UPSC said the selected candidate is Akanksha Singh from Abhaypur village in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the commission’s statement, her father’s name is Ranjeet Singh and her mother’s name is Neelam Singh.
The Ghazipur-based candidate currently works as a doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Patna.
The confusion began after the Ara-based Akanksha Singh initially claimed she had secured rank 301 and received widespread congratulations.
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Shortly afterward, another Akanksha Singh from Ghazipur announced on social media that she had achieved the same rank.
As the dispute intensified, both individuals shared their admit cards from different stages of the examination with the media.
The Ara-based claimant presented her preliminary examination admit card, while the Ghazipur candidate shared her interview call letter.
Both documents contained QR codes used for verification. According to reports, scanning the QR code on the Ghazipur candidate’s admit card confirmed the roll number associated with rank 301, while discrepancies were observed in the details linked to the Ara claimant’s document.
The conflicting claims generated widespread debate on social media and in the media, prompting calls for clarification from the UPSC.
In its statement, the commission released the personal details of the selected candidate in order to remove confusion surrounding the result.
Despite the clarification, the Ara-based Akanksha Singh reportedly continued to stand by her claim, saying that CCTV footage from the UPSC premises could support her version.
The UPSC’s official statement, however, effectively ends the controversy by confirming the identity of the candidate who secured rank 301 in the civil services examination.
