According to the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) of the police, which has been entrusted with the probe, the gang was headed by Anand Gaurav alias Pintu Yadav, an engineering graduate who was arrested in connection with a teachers’ recruitment scam in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in 2015.
The BDO was identified as Jaywardhan Gupta, who was deployed as a static magistrate at Veer Kunwar Singh College, Arrah where the question papers were leaked on Sunday.
In an official notice, BPSC has shared that the exam was scheduled for today – May 8, 2022. The question paper, however, went viral online. When the news of the same was received, the commission set forth into an enquiry.
This is for the second time within three years that the state government has nullified the examination to select constables. In August 2019, the examination was held invalid after six men were caught impersonating as candidates.
With their arrest, the total number of people held in connection with the exam paper leak on Wednesday climbed to 46.
Additional measures were implemented following the recent leaks of class 12 board exam papers that led to the cancellation of examinations in 24 districts across the state.
The class 12 English exam had been canceled in Agra, Mainpuri, Mathura, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Bagpat, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Unnao, Sitapur, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Chitrakoot, Ambedkarnagar, Pratapgarh, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Ballia, Varanasi, Kanpur Dehat, Etah, and Shamli districts.
The UP Board exams for Classes 10 and 12 had begun on March 24 under strict arrangements, with close to three lakh cameras installed at centers to curb cheating.
Based on interrogation of an accused in the case, Narendra, a gram sevak in Jalore district, the role of reporter Bablu Meena was found in the paper leak, Additional Director General of Police, SOG, Ashok Rathore said in a statement.
REET was conducted by the Board in September last year for the recruitment of teachers in the education department.
REET was conducted by the Board in September last year for the recruitment of teachers in the education department.
The written exam for the recruitment of 186 head clerks was held at different centres across the state on December 12 by the Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board (GSSSB), with nearly 88,000 aspirants appearing for the test.
Varun Gandhi said the government is employing less than before in every sector be it defence, police, railways or education.
The suspended secretary of Uttar Pradesh Exam Regulatory Authority was arrested by the state’s Special Task Force sleuths for allegedly ordering printing of the UP Teachers Eligibility Test to a firm without adhering to the provisions of secrecy in the process.
UPTET examinations were cancelled yesterday following the question paper leak. However, soon coming into action, the STF has arrested 26 accused in the case so far.
The UPTET scheduled to be held on Sunday was cancelled after a question paper for the exam was leaked, an officer announced shortly before the exam was to begin.
UPTET 2021 exam question paper leaked: According to reports, the paper went viral on several WhatsApp groups in Mathura, Ghaziabad, and Bulandshahr just before the exam began.
Akhilesh pointed out the plight of 20 lakh unemployed candidates and said that paper leaks, cancellation of exams, and results are common in the BJP government.
The Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2021 exam has been cancelled following paper leak. The exam was scheduled to be held at 10 am today (November 28).
UPPSC combined state agriculture services mains exam 2020 will be conducted on November 26. As many as 1,393 candidates have been shortlisted to appear for the mains exam.
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