Paper leak leads to cancellation of teachers recruitment exam in Rajasthan; 44 held

The general knowledge test for teachers recruitment in Rajasthan on Saturday was cancelled after the question paper was allegedly leaked just hours before the commencement of the exam on Saturday and 44 people including the suspected kingpin of the scam and 37 students were arrestedThe paper leak gang had allegedly taken Rs 10 lakh from each candidate for illegally providing them the questionnaire for the secondgrade teachers recruitment test conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission RPSC police saidToday on December 24 from 9 to 11 am the general knowledge test for teacher recruitment has been cancelled as a precaution so that no injustice is done to any hardworking youths Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tweetedThe chief minister asserted the government had enacted a strict law for transparency in recruitment examinations even as the opposition BJP attacked the Congress government claiming it was the ninth incident of paper leak and demanded strict action against those involved in the scamPolice said 37 students and seven experts were held in Udaipur district The alleged mastermind of the paper leak Suresh Vishnoi a resident of Jodhpur was among those arrestedActing on a tipoff that the paper has been leaked and a private bus carrying the candidates was coming to Udaipur police teams stopped a vehicle at an intersection in Bekariya police station circle this morning Udaipur Superintendent of Police Vikas Sharma saidAlso Read Rajasthan professor arrested for demanding sexual favours from student failing herHe said the candidates travelling in the bus were found to be in possession of the leaked examination paperThe suspected bus was stopped At least 37 candidates were found with the leaked paper and seven others including experts and invigilators were found with other equipment All of them hail from Jalore district and they have been arrested Sharma saidHe said preliminary investigation revealed that the mastermind had taken Rs 10 lakh to make the paper available to them More arrests are expected in the matter the SP saidUdaipur Police in the past few days has arrested three persons who tried to appear in the teacher recruitment examination as dummy candidatesChief Minister Gehlot said strict action is being taken against unscrupulous elementsUnfortunately paper leaking gangs have flourished across the country due to which incidents like paper leaks happen in many states But in Rajasthan by taking strict action the unscrupulous elements have been jailed Gehlot saidI can feel the problems faced by the examinees but those who come with the intention to clear the examination through unfair means will not be selected Only hardworking youths will get their rights in Rajasthan My appeal is that instead of getting misled by someone you should continue your preparation he saidLeader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria said the incident is a matter of shame for the government and questioned how the network that leaks papers for money is being able to operate in the stateHe said it was disturbing for the students who had prepared hard for the examinationThere is a huge nexus involved in the crime as eight papers have already got leaked and Saturdays incident was the 9th Kataria saidBJP national general secretary and Rajasthan incharge Arun Singh said There is anger among youths The cancellation of the first shift paper of the Rajasthan Senior Teacher Recruitment Exam 2022 is another proof of CM Ashok Gehlots failure Fearless paper mafia dominates the entire examination system future of youth is bleakOther BJP leaders including Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and state president Satish Poonia also targeted the Congress government for its iquestfailureiquest in tackling the paper leak mafiaMeanwhile Rajasthan Director General of Police Umesh Mishra said the arrests show that they are committed to conducting recruitment examinations in a clean and fair mannerIn a statement he said that like the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers REET strict legal action will be taken against the paper leak gang this time tooMishra said that a letter is being written to the Rajasthan Public Service Commission to debar candidates who try to cheatThe exam was scheduled from 9 am to 11 amOn May 16 2022 a paper of the Rajasthan Police Constable Recruitment Exam was cancelled after it was leakedThe constable recruitment paper leak occurred days after Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers REET had to be cancelled by the state government in February 2022The exam was held in September 2021The Special Operation Group SOG of the Rajasthan Police was given the task to investigate the matter in both casesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the 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