Question Paper Leak: Protests By Student Groups Intensify Outside TSPSC Office

Carrying BJYM flags and raising slogans, the protesters clashed with the policemen who had erected barricades.

The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) barged into the premises by scaling the boundary wall at the TSPSC office in Hyderabad

Source : Special arrangement

Various student union groups and youth wings of opposition parties in Telangana have protested outside the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) office in Hyderabad on Tuesday over the recent question paper leakage. The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) reportedly scaled the boundary wall of the TSPSC office, carrying their flags and raising slogans. The protesters clashed with police who had erected barricades.

The youth wing of Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) also staged a protest, demanding the suspension of the TSPSC chairman and secretary, and a thorough investigation into all exams conducted by TSPSC in the past. The group called for strict action against those involved in the leakage of question papers.

Student union groups also staged protests at Osmania University, demanding action against the TSPSC chairman. BJYM leaders accused the government of playing with the lives of unemployed people by failing to prevent paper leakage.

On Monday, Hyderabad police arrested nine people, including two TSPSC employees and a police constable, for their alleged involvement in the question paper leakage of the assistant engineer recruitment examination.The Commission will take a decision on the matter based on the report submitted by the police regarding their investigations into the incident.

The TSPSC conducted the exam on March 5 for 833 vacancies of assistant engineer, technical officer, municipal assistant engineer, and junior technical officer in various engineering departments. Approximately 55,000 candidates took the written exam.

The TSPSC has already postponed recruitment examinations for the posts of town planning building overseer scheduled for March 12 and veterinary assistant surgeon scheduled to be held on March 15 and 16. 

The Commission is scheduled to meet later in the day to decide whether to cancel the March 5 exam and conduct a re-exam.

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