Thousands of candidates in Tiruchi and its neighbouring districts appeared for the written examination conducted by the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board for common recruitment of Grade-II Police Constables, Grade –II Jail Warders and Firemen.
A thick security measure was put in place at every examination centre with teams of police personnel deployed to check any malpractice. Top police officers in the rank of Inspector General of Police monitored the conduct of the examination in the three districts.
The examination in Tiruchi district was held at 15 centres with 18,626 male and female candidates totally appearing for the written test which contained 80 questions, police sources said.
As many as 4,388 candidates to whom call letters had already been dispatched did not appear for the examination. Candidates were checked thoroughly at the respective venues before being allowed inside the examination hall.
Teams of police personnel were deployed at the entrance of every examination centre and inside the hall where the candidates took the test. Closed-Circuit Television Units were deployed at the examination centre with the entire exercise being videographed.
Inspector General of Police, Central Zone V. Varatharaju was the Super Check officer for Tiruchi district monitoring the entire exercise. In neighbouring Perambalur district, as many as 2,841 candidates sat for the examination at one centre with the absentees figure being 844.
The Inspector General of Police, Technical N.K. Senthamaraikannan was the Super Check Officer for Perambalur to monitor the examination. In Pudukottai district, a total number of 8,938 candidates took the exam at four centres. As many as 1,926 candidates failed to turn up. Around 1,000 police personnel were mobilised and deployed at the examination centres. Commissioner of Police, Tiruchi A. Arun inspected the exercise in Pudukottai district, said police sources.
Karur
A total of 5,278 candidates appeared for the test in the district.
Out of 6,285 candidates, for whom hall tickets were sent for the written test, 5,278 candidates turned up. A total of 1,007 candidates did not turn up. Tight security arrangement was in place at the examination centre to prevent the entry of unauthorised persons.
Shanmuga Rajeswaran, Inspector General of Police, Armed Reserve, T.K. Rajasekaran, Superintendent of Police and senior police officers supervised the written test.
