The Bihar Public Services Commission on Sunday canceled the examination for Civil Services (preliminary) held earlier within the day, hours after” of question paper “leak led to an enormous outcry.
Screenshots of a set of query papers had gone viral on social media minutes earlier than the exams commenced at midday.
“The exams have been canceled. Other announcements will be made in due course,” BPSC Examination Controller Amarendra Kumar instructed PTI over telephone.
BPSC Secretary Jiut Singh stated a three-member committee has additionally been set as much as inquire into the entire matter and requested to submit a report in three days.
“We received complaints of leak at the time of commencement of exams. We compared the screenshots with the question papers and those tallied with set C. The screenshots reportedly went viral nearly six minutes before the exams began. These will be looked into by the inquiry committee,” Singh instructed reporters.
In Ara, the Bhojpur district headquarters, candidates at Veer Kunwar Singh College, one of many examination centres, got here out with a beginning allegation.
The younger women and men created a ruckus, alleging that among the candidates had been segregated and allowed to unravel their papers inside a separate room, and in addition permitted to take cellphones there.
Bhojpur District Magistrate Raushan Kushwaha reached the spot and pacified the protesting candidates.
“The boys and the ladies have been requested to provide their grievance in writing. We will submit these to the BPSC which alone can take any motion. The native administration can solely make sure that exams are carried out on the assigned day with none hindrance,” he stated.
Meanwhile, greater than 5 lakh candidates who appeared for the checks at over 1,000 facilities throughout the state, reacted with dismay.
“It is demoralising, to say the least. The exams had been to be held in December however had been deferred due to panchayat elections. Now, there’s going to be additional delay,” one in every of them stated.
Rahman Khan, who runs a training heart in Patna for aspirants from underprivileged backgrounds, alleged that an examination mafia is at work and it must be busted if the BPSC had been to not lose all its credibility.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
