JAIPUR: Over 5 lakh candidates appeared for the police constable recruitment examination which commenced on Friday across the state. In the three days that the examination will be held, over 17 lakh candidates will appear for it. Eleven proxy candidates were arrested from Jaipur’s Nahargarh and officials claimed that they have a list of other candidates who will be nabbed soon.
Ajay Pal Lamba, ACP (crime), said, “During routine checking, we found the candidates who were travelling in a Delhi registered vehicle and were carrying books. Search of the vehicle revealed identity cards and on being questioned, they could not give satisfactory replies. In further investigation, we found that they were to appear for someone else in the examination.” The arrested persons hailed from Bihar and Delhi.
Rajasthan’s Special Operation Group (SOG) also detained three persons from Bhiwadi’s Bansur out of which one was a dummy candidate while one was the original candidate and the third person the handler. Cops had received information about this gang and are questioning them to get details about the network. There is a likelihood that the accused were involved in paper leaks as well, claimed officials.
Govind Gupta, ADG (recruitment) said, “All preparations were in place and on the first day of the examination, no untoward incidents were reported. We had 30 police personnel per 500 candidates and all safety measures were taken.”
Keeping in mind the pandemic, the centres were sanitised and those candidates who showed any symptoms of the virus were made to give the examination in isolation.
While trains and buses were plying in the state, in areas where the Gujjar agitation was being held, candidates were asked to plan their travel well in advance.
“We received no calls from any candidate regarding lack of transportation and we had asked the candidates to plan their travel intelligently,” added the official.
The examination is being held in 55 cities of Rajasthan in 518 centres.
Officials also said that the candidates need to be doubly sure about their centres as they cannot appear for the examination if they reach the wrong centre.
CCTV cameras were installed at all examination centres, though Internet will not be shut and jammers were placed to ensure that the candidates cannot use internet for cheating. It was also instructed that when the answersheets are being kept at the storage units, videography of the same will be done.
In 2018, the examination was cancelled after the Special Operations Group (SOG) busted gangs involved in facilitating cheating in the examination by various modus operandi in which over two dozen persons were arrested. The gangs helped in cheating by taking the computer used in the examination on remote and also by thumbprint cloning.
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Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat took to Twitter and wrote: The government’s order for the candidates to use personal vehicles due to Gujjar agitation shows the state of disorganization and mismanagement. Either change the exam dates or make adequate travel arrangements. Why should people pay for government’s negligence?