Techie exploits lapses in security, uses AI to purge govt job competitors — Here's what happened next

Published 23 June 2026 · tech

A techie from Rajasthan is in the limelight for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to eliminate his government job competitors. After identifying security lapses in government

A techie from Rajasthan is in the limelight for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to eliminate his government job competitors. After identifying security lapses in government job portal, the mining engineer deployed AI chatbots to mask himself through VPN and deleted names of fellow competitors from the merit list of Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Indian Express reported. The accused, identified as 27-year-old Rahul Kumar Meeena, had appeared for a state level recruitment exam in which he secured second rank under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. To improve his chances of securing employment, he withdrew the application of the first candidate Ashish Meena, who was just above him in the provisional list of Assistant Mining Engineer examination, 2024. To avoid detection, he eliminated two more names from the list of candidates who secured 4th and 5th position.

All the candidates whose application was deleted by Rahul Kumar Meeena received an SMS informing that their application has been withdrawn as per their request. It is important to note that the ST list comprised 6 candidates against once vacancy. This recruitment drive was conducted for total of 24 vacancies, including one for ST category. The provisional list published in July 2025, listed as many as 78 candidates including Rahul Kumar Meeena. How did techie's sly scheme surface? When Ravi one of the candidate whose application was received a message stating that his application has been withdrawn as per his request, he approached the police. Alarmed with this message, Ravi approached the RPSC to inquire why his application was withdrawn when he did not make any such request. The SMS update pointed to something concerning as the window to withdraw applications had closed long before.

RPSC Deputy Director and analyst-programmer Raghuveer Gurjar filed a complaint in the matter regarding tampering with the RPSC recruitment portal in the 2024 exam, Ajmer's Deputy SP (Cyber police station) Shamsher Khan said. "RSCP subsequently informed the Department of Information Technology and Communication (DoIT&C), which handles the RPSC recruitment portal,” the publication quoted Shamsher Khan as saying. Also Read | How AI and Agentic platforms could transform public service delivery in India Probe revealed that Rahul Sinha created a fake Single Sign-On (SSO) ID to withdraw all three applications. Notably, SSO is a unique Digital Identity issued by the Rajasthan government to every registered citizen, business and government employee. Investigators were able to trace the accused with the help of IP address, which was the same Rahul Meena used to create his login credentials.