UP Constable recruitment exam: 15 arrested for plotting to use 'unfair means'

Police officials arrested fifteen people on Saturday, accused of using 'dishonest means' in the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board exam for recruitment of constables 2024. 

 

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dhananjay Kushwaha informed, "We have arrested these men for planning to use unfair means in the exam. The accused are being questioned. The arrest was made by the surveillance team of the Kotwali police station." 

 

The officer declined to comment on the modus operandi of the arrested accused.

 

Police officials as well as the local administration across the state are on alert in the wake of the exam being held on Saturday and Sunday.

 

District Magistrate (DM) Prem Ranjan Singh said, "Senior administrative officials along with the local police are taking all measures to successfully conduct the police recruitment exam and ensure that no unfair means are used."

 

In eastern Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, police arrested a man for allegedly taking money from candidates on the promise that he would make them clear the exam.

 

As per a press statement issued by the social media cell of the Ballia Police, one Saleem Ansari was arrested by a team from the Rasda police station. The police seized Rs 8.99 lakh from Ansari, which he had allegedly taken from different candidates appearing in the recruitment exam.