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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment Board Chairperson Renuka Mishra has been removed from the position in connection with the UP Constable paper leak issue. IPS Rajeev Krishna has been given additional charge. More than 48 lakh candidates had participated in more than 60,000 constable recruitment posts in Uttar Pradesh. Following allegations of paper leak, the state government had on February 24 cancelled the police constable recruitment examination held on February 17 and 18, and ordered a re-test within six months.
According to reports, Mishra has been put on the “wait list” after her removal from the post and Director Vigilance Rajiv Krishna given the additional responsibility of the board.
Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment paper leak case | Recruitment Board Chairperson Renuka Mishra has been removed from the post and Rajeev Krishna has been given the responsibility of the Recruitment Board.
More than 48 lakh candidates had participated in more than 60,000…
— ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2024
The government had also announced that a Special Task Force (STF) would probe the allegations.
Soon after cancelling the examination, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had said that those found using unfair means during the examination would face stringent action. “Those involved in using unfair means are under STF radar, and some big arrests have happened,” the CM said. In a post in Hindi on ‘X’, Adityanath said that those who toy with the hard work of youngsters will not be spared.
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