A day after the leak out of Plus II Physics question paper, it was the turn of the next paper Chemistry to face the same fate. Due to a leak out of the Chemistry question paper on Friday, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) had to cancel the examination. Higher Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra announced that the examination would be held on March 30.
The Minister directed the director of Higher Education department to carry out an internal probe into the matter. After accepting the recommendations of the CHSE, the examination of the Physics paper wasrescheduled on March 25 and Chemistry on March 30, Patra informed.After the issue of question paper leak created a storm in the Assembly n Thursday, CM had ordered a Crime Branch robe into the Physics question paper expose case. Now, the Crime Branch is probing into the matter. “A DSP rank officer is taking the lead of the team that would investigate. ,” said Crime Branch ADG Bijay Kumar Sharma.
Meanwhile, a four-member team of the Crime Branch led by DSP SK Patnaik reached the CHSE office for an inquiry into the Physics question paper leak case.
According to a senior official of the CHSE, areas like Bhawanipatna, Phulbani and nearby towns are coming under scanner pertaining to the leak out of the paper. “We are yet to get a concrete picture concerning the leak-out issue,” the DSP added.
Following the serial leakages of question papers, students have beenb worried over the fate of the examination. Though the district administrations and police had been entrusted with the task of providing security at the examination centre, still there has been no abatement in the question paper leak-out issue. The leakage of question papers in two consecutive days is stated to be first incident in the history of the CHSE examinations.