GPSSB Junior Clerk exam cancelled after question paper leaked; one suspect detained
The Hindu
The exam was scheduled to be held for 1,181 vacancies in which over nine lakh candidates were to appear
The Junior Clerk recruitment exam, scheduled for today, was cancelled in Gujarat after the question paper was leaked. Vadodara Police has arrested one person with leaked question paper.
The exam was scheduled to be held for 1,181 vacancies in which over nine lakh candidates were to appear.
“The junior clerk (administrative/accounting) exam was to be conducted in different districts between 11 am and 12 noon on January 29. As per the information received from the police early Sunday morning, they detained a suspect and upon his interrogation seized a copy of the question paper from his possession,” the State panchayat exam board said in a statement.
The Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board decided to “postpone” the exam in the wider interest of the candidates, the board said in the statement.
The board expressed regret for the inconvenience caused to the candidates and informed them not to go to the examination centres.
“The examination will be conducted afresh at the earliest, for which the board will issue a new advertisement,” it said.
Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi claimed this was the 15th government competitive exam which was cancelled in the last 12 years because of question paper leak.
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