Rajasthan Police Constable Exam Paper Leak: Fresh test on July 2

JAIPUR: The police constables recruitment exam paper, which was allegedly leaked last month, will be conducted afresh on July 2, officials said. The paper was leaked shortly before the second shift of the exam on May 14. Its screenshot was taken and leaked from an exam centre in Jhotwara town here, it was alleged.

Additional Director General of Police (Recruitment and Promotion Board) Binita Thakur, however, said in a statement that the examination was cancelled due to "unavoidable reasons". She said that fresh examination will be held only for those candidates that were present in the second shift on May 14. Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure a fair examination, she added.

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Eight people, including an assistant sub-inspector, were arrested in May in connection with the leak of a Rajasthan Police Constable Recruitment Exam question paper, an official said. According to the police, those arrested also included the principal of a school and its director. A Special Operations Group of the Rajasthan Police has found the involvement of the accused in the paper leak on May 14 at an exam centre at Diwakar Public Secondary School in the Jhotwara area.

A case was registered in the matter on May 16 "Eight people, including an assistant sub-inspector, have been arrested in the paper leak case," ADG (ATS and SOG) Ashok Rathore said. Those arrested are school principal Shalu Sharma, school director Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Satyanarayan Kumawat, Rakesh Singh, Kamal Kumar Verma, Roshan Kumawat, Vikram Singh and ASI Ratan Lal Sharma.

(With inputs from PTI)