UP Police Constable Exam 2024: Massive crowd across railway stations, over 120 arrested for cheating. Details here
NDTV report, over 6 lakh applications are from outside of Uttar Pradesh, with 2.5 lakh alone from Bihar. As per news agency ANI report, on Saturday, a total of 12,04,360 candidates had appeared for the exam in both the first and second shifts while today a total of 12,04,361 candidates will appear in the first shift, and 12,04,360 candidates in the second shift.
The report also added that 2,67,305 candidates were from Bihar, 74,769 from Haryana, 17,112 from Jharkhand, 98,400 from Madhya Pradesh, 42,259 from Delhi, 97,277 from Rajasthan, 14,627 from Uttarakhand, 5,512 from West Bengal, 3,151 from Maharashtra, and 3,404 from Punjab. A candidate from Bihar while speaking to NDTV said that he faced difficulty while coming to appear for the exams as there was a huge rush in the trains.
Users on X had also shared some videos of the rush witnessed around several railway stations. Meanwhile, security has been ramped up at the examination centres for the smooth conduct of the exam.
The Railway Administration operated three special trains around the state for the convenience of the candidates. Ballia-Varanasi Exam Special Train (05113), the Gorakhpur-Bahraich Examination Special Train (05127), and the Gorakhpur-Varanasi City-Gorakhpur Examination Special Train (05129/05130) were arranged.
More than 120 people were arrested across Uttar Pradesh for impersonating candidates and cheating in the police constable recruitment examination, officials said on Saturday as reported by news agency PTI. Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar said among the 122 arrested in total, 15 were in Etah, nine each in Mau, Prayagraj and Siddharthanagar, eight in Ghazipur, seven in Azamgarh, six in Gorakhpur, five in Jaunpur, four in Firozabad,
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