Rajasthan conducts constable recruitment exam under unprecedented security
Rajasthan constable recruitment exam 2018: Nearly 15 lakh candidates appeared for 13,143 posts of constable recruitment exam over Saturday and Sunday in Rajasthan amid unprecedented security arrangements.
The exam took place in four shifts, two shifts on Saturday and as many on Sunday, during which mobile Internet services remained blocked across the state.
Nearly 15 lakh candidates had applied for the exam, for which as many as 664 exam centres, including 209 in Jaipur ditrict, were set up. The Rajasthan Police had set up tight security to avert cheating.
It was the police department's second attempt to hold the recruitment exam. Earlier, the online exam for recruiting constables was held in different shifts in March this year, but it was cancelled after special operation group of the state police busted a gang involved in facilitating candidates in cheating in a high-tech manner.
This time, the exam was held offline and arrangements for frisking each candidate, their biometric attendance were made.
(With inputs from PTI)
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