Confirmed High source confidence State body

Medical Officer (Dental) recruitment test

11 October 2020 Punjab (leak traced to Goindwal Sahib, Tarn Taran) Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS)

Status

Confirmed

A leak or organised manipulation was established by an official body, a court, or a police investigation.

Candidates affected

11 thousand

11,000

Arrests

—

Not quantified in the source

Convictions

—

None recorded here

What happened

Question paper for the dental officer post went viral on social media about 80 minutes into the test; BFUHS traced the leak to one centre, withheld the dental result and re-conducted only the dental paper (general MO and pharmacist papers stood); retest declared 1,957 of ~3,000 eligible for 35 posts.

What was done

Exam cancelled

Retest held

Source

Primary reference The Tribune ↗ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/1-957-clear-dental-medical-officer-retest-161116

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