Chhattisgarh Paper Leak Row: IGKV BSc Agriculture Entomology Exam Cancelled After Viral Paper Shows 70% Similar Questions, Probe Ordered | Video

Raipur: The examination for a subject of BSc (Agriculture) second year at colleges affiliated with the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) at Raipur in Chhattisgarh was cancelled on Thursday following complaints of "question paper leak", university officials said.

An IGKV official told PTI that the BSc second-year Agricultural Entomology exam was scheduled to begin at 10 am on Thursday, but the dean's office received an email at around 9 am complaining about an alleged paper leak. The email did not contain any question paper.

Officially, the state government-run university, however, cited "administrative reasons" to cancel the exam and rescheduled it in the first week of September.

The varisty has constituted a four-member committee to probe the matter, the officials said.

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According to a circular issued to 33 colleges affiliated with the university, the examination for subject 'Pest Management in Crops and Stored Grains - 1 (Rabi Crops)' under AENT 221 (Agricultural Entomology) was cancelled due to "administrative reasons".

According to an IGKV official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, after the email addressed to the dean was received, a question paper was circulated in some WhatsApp groups of students, with claims it was the leaked paper.

"On verification, it was found that the question paper that went viral did not completely resemble the genuine question paper, but around 70 per cent of the questions were similar to those in the actual paper," he said.

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The university subsequently decided to cancel the examination.

The university constituted committee will investigate the matter and further action will be taken based on its findings, the official said.

Students have been advised to regularly check official university notifications and remain in contact with their respective colleges or dean's offices for information regarding the revised examination schedule, he added.

Reacting to the development, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the matter had come to the government's notice and assured that strict action would be taken against those found responsible for wrongdoing.