Gulbarga University, through its Registrar (Evaluation) C.S. Patil, has lodged a complaint with the University police station, demanding a probe into the possible leakage of one of the question papers of B.Ed examination. It was reported in the media that the question paper of second semester of B.Ed – Pedagogical Tools, Techniques and Approaches – was leaked and was in circulation on WhatsApp a night before the scheduled date of examination on Monday morning.
Speaking to The Hindu , Mr. Patil said that he had lodged a complaint with the police station with copies to senior police officials and the cyber crime branch. When asked whether the university would conduct a re-examination, he said that it would be decided by the Vice-Chancellor after the completion of police investigation. “Police are investigating the matter. We cannot take any call till the investigation is over. If it is found that the question paper was leaked before the examination, then the Vice-Chancellor will take the final call.”
Sources in the police department said that nobody was named in the complaint.
“Mr. Patil had claimed to have received the question paper in question on his mobile by 11 a.m. on Monday, an hour after the examination had begun, and urged the police to investigate the matter and find out where the WhatsApp message originated. He also requested a confirmation of whether the question paper was leaked before the examination,” a well-placed source in the police department said.
“Two mobile numbers from which the university authorities had received the question paper were provided in the complaint. From these numbers, we will find out the culprit,” S.S. Hullur, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Rural), said.
“There is a possibility of leakage of question paper at the level of colleges that receive question papers a day earlier. I welcome the decision of university authorities to lodge a complaint,” Razak Ustaad, a member of the Academic Council of the University, said.
