More than 8,000 candidates, including over 600 women, appeared for the written exam for recruitment of Sub Inspectors in Coimbatore, The Nilgiris and Tirupur on Saturday.
The candidates were thoroughly checked before they entered the examination halls and the proceedings of the examinations were video recorded.
In Coimbatore, 7,236 candidates, including 503 women, had applied for the exam. A total of 6,008 candidates – 5,613 men and 395 women – wrote the examination at the Codissia Trade Fair Complex. As many as 1,228 candidates, including 108 women, were absent.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Coimbatore District, and chairman of the examination sub committee for Coimbatore District, M. Sudhakar, and City Police Commissioner and super check officer A.K. Viswanathan supervised the arrangements. A total of 555 department candidates would take the exam on Sunday.
In Tirupur, 2,504 had applied for the exam and 333 of them were absent.
A total of 2,171 candidates, including 215 women, wrote the examination at Jaivabai Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School. Tirupur City Police Commissioner S.N. Seshasayee and SP Amit Kumar Singh supervised arrangements for the exam. A total of 274 department candidates will write the exam at LRG College on Sunday.
Of the 550 candidates who applied for the exam in The Nilgiris, 443 of them appeared for the exam at Rex School and Government College.
Inspector General of Police, Special Task Force, Shankar Jiwal and SP of The Nilgiris T. Senthil Kumar supervised invigilation at the two centres.
