Agra University exams cancelled after paper leak

Etah, UP, Apr 1 (UNI) Some of the annual examinations of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University in Agra have been cancelled following the leak of B Com and B Sc question papers.

Deputy Police Superintendent (Kasganj) Ashok Kumar Singh said here today that the question papers of B Sc and B com examinations slated for yesterday were leaked before the actual examination.

Following the leak, the examination of the subjects concerned have been cancelled by the University administration, he added.

Mr Singh further said two people have been arrested alongwith the copies of the solved papers.

In the past too papers of examinations conducted by the Agra University have been leaked including the B Com paper in 2005, following which an employee of the varsity had committed suicide, while a criminal case was pending against the University vice-chancellor and two others, Mr Singh added.

The paper of the premier Combined Pre Medical Test (CPMT) organised by the same university in 2005 was also leaked and its solved copies were seized by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police from the state capital on the eve of the entrance examinations for admission to medical colleges across UP, he added.

Mr Singh said the involvement of varsity staff in B Com and B Sc paper leak could not be ruled out.

Further investigations were on.

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