Patna: In a shocking incident, Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh slapped an aspirant of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC), the incident of which has been caught on camera. The aspirant was among the group of students who were protesting the alleged leak of the exam’s paper.
In the video, which has gone viral, Singh can be seen flanked by police personnel, and arguing with one of the students. The officer can be seen asking him to leave. After this, he takes a few steps forward and slaps the student. He can be seen taken away by the police, after which the officer shouts at other students.
The officer offers clarification on the incident
Singh, while giving an explanation of his action, said that the road was blocked by protesting students when two people were required to be sent to hospital. The officer added that his intention was not to hurt anybody.
It may be noted that students appearing for BPSC’s 70th Integrated Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) were taking part in the protest at the Bapu Examination Centre at Kumhrar in Patna. Around 400 students decided not to take part in the exam, alleging that the question paper was leaked on social media sites.
VIDEO | Patna DM Dr Chandrashekhar Singh slaps a #BPSC aspirant protesting outside an examination centre in the city.
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Dismissing the allegations of protesting students, BPSC chairman Parmar Ravi Manubhai said that some students snatched the question paper from the invigilator and ran away. He pointed out that the exam was conducted peacefully at all the other over 900 centers in the state and that the commission had not received any complaint claiming that the paper had been leaked.
‘Many did not get question papers in first 15 mins of exam’
The protesting students, however, claimed that many of them did not get the question paper or the OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) sheet for nearly 15 minutes after the start of the exam. “Some people got the paper 10 minutes late. Many people did not get the paper at all and some others had the paper snatched from them 10 minutes after they got it. Our room was locked,” news agency ANI quoted an aspirant as saying.
