The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) on Monday announced the results of the Physical Screening Test (PST) conducted for police recruitment in Kurukshetra last month.
The police recruitment process conducted from June 15 to July 23 had witnessed deaths of three youth, allegedly due to overdose of performance enhancing drugs. After the deaths, recovering of drugs from recruitment venue and arrests of youth while taking drugs, the BJP-led Haryana Government has faced criticism from Opposition parties and former police officers for not following the prescribed rules for police recruitment and allegedly pushing the youth into drug abuse.
Meanwhile, on the basis of prescribed Physical Screening Test (PST) held at Kurukshetra, the Commission has compiled the result for the post of Male Constable (general duty). Out of about 2,21,960 youth who participated in PST, 1,26,177 have passed it and have qualified for Knowledge Test (Written Test).
The physical test was conducted to fill a total of 7,200 vacancies in the Police Department. The selected candidates have qualified for the Knowledge Test (KT) to be held on August 28.
The minimum qualification required for the post of constable is HSC (Class XII) pass out from a recognised Board for all categories. The pay scale is Rs5,200 – Rs20,200 plus 2000 GP. The candidate should also have a knowledge of Hindi and Sanskrit upto Class X.