The police have on Friday registered First Information Report (FIR) in the leakage of Botany and Mathematics question papers from the Barkatullah University. Both the papers that were scheduled on Thursday were postponed after the papers were leaked on Wednesday night.
Notably, the question papers of both the subjects were doing rounds on Whatsapp application on mobiles of the students. Some how, the university officials also got the papers on their mobile phones. According to the police, the of Master of Science (MSc) papers of Botany and Mathematics papers of Barkatullah University (BU) were postponed after it was confirmed by BU management that the papers were leaked.
A written complaint was submitted with the Bagh Sewania police and after preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under MP Manyata Prapt Pariksha Adhiniyam and have started further investigation into the matter. In the complaint the BU management has claimed that examination papers are sent in nine districts and 94 exam centers but before the examinations could be conducted the papers were leaked and requested the police to investigate the matter.
The matter came into fore when police were informed about the paper leakage. In the investigation the concerned BU officials handling the conduction of papers would be questioned and lapses in the security arrangements at the BU premises would also be investigated. The CCTV camera footages would be investigated. Private Colleges would come under scanner as it is observed in most of the cases that the staff of private colleges is directly or indirectly involved in such cases.