Punjab Congress Seeks Impartial Probe into Pharmacy Officer Exam Cheating Racket
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress leader Pargat Singh on Friday demanded an impartial probe into the alleged cheating racket that was recently unearthed in the pharmacy officer recruitment examination conducted by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.
Slamming the AAP government over the alleged cheating racket, Pargat Singh claimed that examination protocols in conducting the paper were violated and he also questioned the silence of Health Minister Balbir Singh over the issue.
The Punjab Police on June 19 dismantled a highly sophisticated inter-state cheating racket operating during the pharmacy officer examination, which was conducted in Faridkot, Kotkapura and Ferozepur for 454 posts.
The police detained seven key conspirators and 28 candidates and also recovered 27 battery-operated wireless cheating devices.
The police had detected the use of pen cameras and real-time dictation during the exam.
The racket charged desperate candidates exorbitant sums ranging between Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs 13 lakh to guarantee passing marks, according to police investigation.
He said that while the NEET exam paper leak affected lakhs of students across the country, the cheating racket in the pharmacy exam “shattered” the trust of thousands of young people in Punjab.
Instead of protecting those responsible, strict legal action should be taken in the matter, he demanded.
