Rajasthan Police Use Water Cannon To Disperse BJP Workers Protesting Against Paper Leak

Notably, the REET exam was conducted on September 26, 2020, but the papers were leaked two days before the exam. 

the REET exam was conducted on September 26, 2020, but the papers were leaked two days before the exam. 

New Delhi: The Rajasthan Police on Tuesday used water cannon to disperse BJP workers protesting against the REET paper leak in Jaipur.

Notably, the REET exam was conducted on September 26, 2020, but the papers were leaked two days before the exam. 

Videos from the protest site showed police trying to disperse the protesters with water cannons.

#WATCH | Police use water cannon to disperse BJP workers protesting against Ashok Gehlot government in Jaipur over alleged paper leak pic.twitter.com/20zqe297kQ

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) June 13, 2023

Earlier on June 9, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) carried out search operations at the residential premises of different people at 27 locations in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Dungarpur, Barmer, Sikar and Jalore of Rajasthan under the PMLA, 2002 in Senior Teacher Grade II Paper Leak Case and REET Paper Leak Case, an official statement said.

During the investigation under PMLA, 2002, it was revealed that suspected persons were leaking the question papers of the Senior Teacher Grade II examination conducted by RPSC and REET examination and they were also involved in paper leak racket, setting up of dummy candidates, etc.

In April, the SOG team arrested Babu Lal Katara, a member of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, along with his nephew and a driver working for the commission, in relation to the alleged paper leak of the senior teacher recruitment exam.

Previously, in February, the Rajasthan Police apprehended the prime accused, Bhupendra Saran, in the paper leak case in Bengaluru. He was subsequently brought to Udaipur by the police. Saran was arrested by the SOG and Rajasthan Police at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.

According to the police, Saran is facing charges in two different police stations in Udaipur, as reported by the news agency ANI. The SOG successfully apprehended Saran after a six-day operation in Bengaluru, the police stated at the time.

The 2nd-grade teacher competitive examination for General Knowledge in 2022 was cancelled due to the leaked paper. The exam was rescheduled for January 29.