The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University Gorakhpur on Tuesday cancelled exams in two subjects after their question papers, one of which matched the original, surfaced on social media.
Viral on social media
The BSc Part-1 Mathematics and BA Part-2 Sociology papers went viral on social media on Monday, a day before the exams were to be held.
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A committee formed under Pro Vice-Chancellor S.K. Dixit found that the Mathematics paper was actually leaked while the Sociology paper available on social media didn’t match the actual question paper.
The university has informed police about the paper leak.
It sent letters to District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of the concerned districts, drawing their attention to the incident.
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New dates
The new dates for the two papers will be decided on April 19, university officials said. University spokesman Harsh Sinha said some “miscreants” had tried to create problems.
He said the Sociology paper which went viral was based on the previous years’ papers while the Mathematics paper matched the original. “The university didn’t take a risk and decided to cancel both the papers,” he said.
He said the V-C has sent letters to the DMs and SPs and the process of registering an FIR had begun.