Maharashtra: Dummy Candidate Appears For CAPF And Assam Rifles Exam In Aurangabad, Arrested

According to the police, a dummy candidate appearing for CAPF and Assam Rifles exam was found carrying a mobile phone, transmitter, and Bluetooth device.

Dummy candidate appears for CAPF & Assam Rifles exam. 

Aurangabad: A dummy candidate has been arrested for appearing for the online recruitment examination of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and Assam Rifles in Maharashtra's Aurangabad. The exam for the posts of constable in the CAPF and rifleman in Assam Rifles was held in the city on Wednesday, an official of the CIDCO police station said.

Officials overseeing the process found that a candidate appearing for the examination online from Shivgaon, Vaijapur was acting in a suspicious manner, he said.

On being frisked, the man was found carrying a mobile phone, transmitter, and a Bluetooth device, the official said.

After examining his hall ticket, officials found that he was a dummy candidate appearing for the exams in place of the real candidate who hailed from Takli village in Kannad tehsil, he said.

Both the men have been arrested in a case registered against them under section 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices at University Act 1982, the official added.

Gujarat ATS Arrests Another Man In Junior Clerk Paper Leak

The Gujarat ATS has arrested another Odisha man Sarojkumar Seemanchal Malu, in connection with the Gujarat Panchayat Junior Clerk Exam Paper Leak matter. Earlier this week, the Gujarat ATS arrested 16 accused in the matter, soon after the paper leak incident came to light. On Sunday, January 29, the Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board (GPSSB) cancelled the Panchayat Junior Clerk Exam 2023, hours before it was scheduled to be conducted after the news of the exam paper leak broke. 

The Gujarat Panchayat Junior Clerk Exam 2023 was scheduled to be held on January 31, 2023, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Around 9.5 lakh registered candidates were set to appear for the examination which aimed to fill a total of 1,181 junior clerk vacancies. 

While announcing the cancellation of the Gujarat Panchayat Junior Clerk Examination, the board expressed regret for the inconvenience caused to the candidates and asked them not to go to the examination centres. 

(With inputs from PTI)