Bihar PSC cancels Patna centre’s exam after disruptive candidates cause death of official – Newz9

PATNA: The Bihar Public Service Commission ,BPSC) on Monday canceled its preliminary examination held at one of the facilities in Patna, the place an official on responsibility died of coronary heart assault following a ruckus created by “unruly” candidates on December 13. The incident occurred on the Bapu Pariksha Parisar in Patna’s Kumhrar locality, which was one of the greater than 900 facilities for the Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination (CCE). Nearly 5 lakh candidates appeared for the exam held for hiring folks in Group A and B posts.
“The BPSC has decided to cancel its preliminary examination held at Bapu Pariksha Parisar examination center due to disruption created by a group of unruly aspirants as part of a conspiracy to disrupt the exam,” BPSC Chairman Parmar Ravi Manubhai instructed reporters.
The Commission will quickly announce a contemporary date for the examination for that specific centre. Around 6,500 college students, who had appeared for the exam on December 13, will have the ability to write the papers once more, he mentioned.
However, those that created hassle on the middle on Friday can be debarred, Manubhai mentioned.
“The commission has identified 30-40 aspirants – who can be described as anti-social elements. They created disruption in the examination process at the centre. More such candidates are being identified by the police. They all will be debarred from appearing in the BPSC exam,” the chairman mentioned.
On the date of the exam, a bunch of candidates at Bapu Pariksha Parisar stormed out of their examination halls, alleging that query papers had been leaked on social media earlier than the exam began.
An enormous crowd had gathered exterior the middle as properly and the state of affairs was introduced underneath management via police intervention.
The Patna district administration on Sunday really useful slapping of homicide expenses on those that had tried to disrupt a latest examination.
Following the ruckus, a further examination superintendent, Ram Iqbal Singh, died of cardiac arrest and a girl candidate fell unconscious.
The BPSC chairman on Monday mentioned, “The CCE 70th preliminary examination was held in a single shift from noon to 2 pm. The examination was held in 912 centers across the state, and of those, free and fair exams were held in 911 centres, ” he mentioned.
“CCTV footage of Bapu Pariksha Parisar has revealed that some of the candidates snatched question papers from the invigilators and stormed out of the examination hall screaming that the paper had been leaked.
“Snatching query papers from invigilators and displaying these to outsiders are tantamount to looting public property. Police motion can be initiated in opposition to these individuals who appear to have acted as an element of a conspiracy,” Manubhai mentioned.