By Sabyasachi Sharma

Guwahati : Two arrested for allegedly leaking Assam P&RD Question Papers on WhatsApp. Even Shortage of question paper creates uproar in Rangiya Centre near Guwahati. As per the information, in the issue of alleged question paper leak for the recruitment exam of the Panchayat and Rural Development (P&RD), the Assam Police have arrested two individuals suspected to be involved in the whole issue. The individuals identified as Sabrina Khatun and Rupali Saha were arrested by the police from Dhubri for allegedly circulating the question through WhatsApp before the exam even started. Both of them were candidates and the leaked the paper from the Bidyapara HS School in Dhubri. The police following the incident of alleged paper leak initiated an investigation process and based on specific inputs, these two were detained. Both of them are being quizzed by the police at present. It may be mentioned that on May 20 immediately after the examination commenced, there were reports from various parts of Assam that question papers got leaked prior to the scheduled time of the commencement of the examination. Some candidates claimed that they came across the complete question paper in some WhatsApp groups. The candidates have blamed the State Education Department and Panchayat and Rural Development Department for failing to implement the rules and regulations during the examination. Even sources informed that the question paper was leaked on Whatsapp from a centre in Silchar at around 1:20 pm on May 20. It was suspected that some candidates inside the examination hall at the particular centre managed to carry their mobile phones inside the hall and click pictures of the question papers and thereby leaked it in the WhatsApp groups, which went viral later. It should be mentioned here that a company named Blue Electronic Pvt Ltd was given the responsibility to conduct the examination. On the other hand, the candidates appearing in the Combined Competitive Examination for various posts under the Panchayat and Rural Development (P&RD) department of the Assam government on May 20 at the Rangiya HS School had to face severe problems due to the shortage of question papers. A total of 608 candidates were supposed to appear for the examination at the Rangiya Centre. However, initially only 248 question papers were available against the total list of candidates. Miffed over the mismanagement, angry students came outside the examination halls and started protesting to postpone the examination with immediate effect. When situation turned ugly, security forces had to be deployed to control the situation. Finally, the district administration decided to conduct the exam 2.45 hours late than its scheduled time. The examination which was scheduled to commence from 1:30 pm, finally commenced from 4:15 pm. Majority of the students didn’t appear for the examination and were seen leaving the school premises in tears. More than 80 per cent of the students left the examination centre without appearing for the examination and have alleged use of illegal means to cheat like mobile phones by some students.