Mobile internet services suspended during recruitment exam in Assam

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: For the first time in Assam, mobile internet services were suspended on Sunday for four hours in 25 districts of Assam to prevent cheating during recruitment exams of nearly 30,000 Grade-III and IV posts of various government departments. While the selection test for the Grade-IV posts were held in two shifts on Sunday, tests for Grade-III posts will be held on August 28 and September 11.

Besides the state-owned BSNL, the private telecom service providers also temporarily suspended their mobile internet services from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 4 pm. Besides the suspension of internet services, prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPc were also been promulgated in and around the test centres, as per government orders. Meanwhile, the Principal of Cachar College, Prof Siddharth Sankar Nath, was arrested on Sunday for alleged violation of exam protocol.

Over 4,00,000 candidates appeared for the examinations across 25 districts of Assam. The examination was held under strict vigilance. The students were not allowed to carry mobile phones to the examination centres. Besides this, the candidates were also not allowed to carry any electronic items such as smartwatch, health bands, electric scanner, bluetooth devices, microphone, etc. There were 185 exam centres in Guwahati.

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