Teaching exam for 20L postponed after paper leak UPTET leak: Yogi vows NSA against culprits

Lucknow, Nov. 28: UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that those culprits involved in the UPTET exam paper leak will be booked under the National Security Act and Gangster Act. He also ordered reconvening of the UPTET exam within a month. The UPTET scheduled to be held on Sunday was cancelled after a question paper for the exam was leaked, an officer announced shortly before the exam was to begin.

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested 23 people last night using technical and other intelligence from different cities of the state, additional director general law and order Prashant Kumar said.

“A question paper was leaked. I issued an order to cancel the examination and arrest the entire racket. Instructions were also given to conduct the exam within a month, and that no candidate should be charged additional fee,” CM said addressing a function in Deoria district on Sunday.

CM said orders were given to transport the students back to their home towns in UPSRTC buses free of cost on the basis of their admit cards.

“Those who have committed this act should listen that cases will be registered against them under the Gangster Act and the National Security Act,” he said. Later in a tweet in Hindi, the CM said properties will be seized by the government of those involved in the leak. Close to 20 lakh candidates were to appear for the Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (UPTET) on Sunday.

“A photocopy of the question paper was obtained from them, which was shared with the government. It came to light that the copy bore the same set of questions as did the official question paper,” he said.