In spite of the elaborate arrangements made by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) for the smooth conduct of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) or Matric examination, the question paper of the English examination on Friday allegedly leaked before the exams. This year, the BSE introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered CCTV cameras to keep an eye on all the exam centres and nodal centres to ensure the conduct of the Matric exams this year in a fair and disciplined manner. The incident of the question paper leak came to the fore after a purported English question paper and its answer sheet reportedly went viral in social media in Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts on Friday. Not only the objective questions, but subjective questions like translations had also reportedly gone viral along with their answers. Asked about the viral question paper, the Keonjhar DEO said that an enquiry would be held in this connection and action would be taken accordingly if the allegations are found true. Meanwhile, Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, the vice president of the exam conducting body BSE clarified that no paper has been leaked. He said no such allegations have been received even after 24 hours of the exam. He further said that someone is deliberately trying to derail the process of exams. As per the Board, there have been many instances of irregularities during the conduct of the English exam on Friday in several exam centres. As many as 42 students were booked for malpractice in several exam centres across Odisha on Friday.