Crackdown on Leakage of Exam Papers Cheating
                     Crackdown on Leakage of Exam Papers Cheating 
As the Punjab Police department geared up for the next stage of its mega recruitment drive, 
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday directed the DGP to intensify the 
crackdown on leakage of exam papers, cheating, copying etc., after six persons were 
reportedly arrested for their suspected involvement in cheating during the Written Test held 
for Sub-Inspectors on August 22. 
The directives come ahead of the commencement of written exams for Head Constables 
(Investigation cadre), to be conducted from September 12 to 19 for 75,544 applicants who 
have applied for 787 vacancies, followed by exams for Constables (District & Armed cadres), 
slated for September 25-26, with 470,775 candidates having applied for filling up 4,358 
vacancies. Following this, another recruitment drive will take place in October for appointing 
2600 uniformed specialists in the Punjab Police Department. 
The Chief Minister asked DGP Dinkar Gupta to further intensify the security measures at the 
examination centres in view of reported attempts by recruitment fraudsters and scamsters 
to sabotage and subvert the examination process. 
Jammers and other electronic gadgets were being installed in all examination centres to 
prevent internet or bluetooth connectivity, said Dinkar Gupta, in the wake of the arrest of six 
persons by Khanna Police in connection with cheating through Bluetooth connectivity during 
the Written Test for Sub-Inspectors held in Chandigarh and various districts of Punjab from 
August 17 to 24. More arrests are likely in the case, he said, adding that any person, whether 
candidate of a tout or a professional scamster, found involved in any examination related 
malpractices will be immediately booked and arrested. 
Warning candidates appearing for the next rounds of the Punjab Police recruitment exams to 
beware of touts, fraudsters and scamsters trying to lure, trick and cheat gullible individuals, 
the DGP made it clear that any promises of jobs through unfair means/incentives were totally 
false. Any information about such offers/promises can be made on DIAL 181 Helpline, which 
is a 24x7 Punjab Police Helpline, he added 
Giving details of the arrests made Khanna Police, the DGP identified them as Ankit & Vikas r/o 
Khanouri (Sangrur), Ranbir Singh of district Hissar, Amit r/o Sonipat, Rajinder Singh r/o Hissar 
and a Sub-Inspector aspirant, Navjot Kaur r/o Jind. Navjot, arrested from her village in Jind 
(Haryana) this morning on the disclosures of Vikas.  Vikas Singh met her and her father in 
Sector-19, Chandigarh on 21st August, 2021, and handed over a micro-earphone and an 
electronic bluetooth device for the purpose of communicating correct answers during her 
examination, said Gupta. 
Gurpreet Kaur Deo, Chairperson of the Central Recruitment Board for Constables, said that 
strict protocols have been laid down for securing the areas outside the Test Centres as well 
as within the venues, and multiple rounds of physical frisking will be carried out, apart from 
use of various types of electronic & digital gadgets, etc. 
The Punjab Police mega recruitment drive is being conducted through 6 Recruitment Boards, 
each constituted under an ADGP rank officer. 
So far, written test for the posts of Sub-Inspectors (District, Armed, Intelligence & 
Investigation cadres) and Constables of the Intelligence and Investigation cadre had been 
conducted successfully, while the Written Tests for Head Constables of Investigation Cadre 
would begin from tomorrow and will conclude on 19th September, 2021. Among the 1,10,524 
candidates who had applied for the 560 Sub-Inspector vacancies, around 7,589 candidates 
were graduates in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software engineering, etc. and 
1,714 candidates were post-graduates. 80,826 male candidates and 29,698 female candidates 
had applied for the recruitment to these posts. 
The application forms for Constables (Intelligence & Investigation cadres) went Live from 26 
July-28 August, 2021. A total of 53,632 candidates applied for the written test that was held 
from 7-10 September, 2021 for filling up 1,156 vacancies. Among these, 42,276 candidates 
are male while 11,356 candidates are female. Further, around 5,055 candidates are graduates 
in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software engineering, etc. and 1,853 
candidates are post-graduates. 
The application forms for Constables (District & Armed cadres) were Live from 16 July-22 
August, 2021. A total of 4,70,775 candidates applied for the written test, of which around 
3,68,819 male candidates and 1,01,956 female candidates registered for the recruitment. 
Among these, 77,938 candidates (around 15%) possess Graduation or other similar 
qualifications even when the minimum eligibility is of 10+2 level. Around 2648 candidates are 
ITI and Diploma holders, 1135 are Engineering Graduates and 1510 are candidates with Post 
Graduate qualifications.