Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the leak of teacher recruitment exam paper was unfortunate and promised a strict action against the culprits.
Gehlot said that Rajasthan is the only state in the country which has taken prompt and strict action in such matters.
The new date for the Saturday paper will be released soon, he said.
Police on Saturday arrested 44 people just a few hours before the general knowledge paper for the second grade teacher recruitment examination in Rajasthan, followed by announcement to cancel the paper by Gehlot.
“The paper leak is very unfortunate. Papers have started leaking in many states, in the army, in the judiciary (Rajasthan). It is a very worrying situation. Rajasthan is the first state in the country which has put such people in jail,” Gehlot told reporters here.
He further said: “Strict action will be taken against those who indulge in this act. We have recently passed a law in the assembly under which such people will get strict punishment, if needed, we will make a more stringent law.”
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