Jaipur: Students in the first year of B.COM Economics were in for a rude shock today when Rajasthan University cancelled their exam after reports of a paper leak. The economics paper had allegedly gone viral on WhatsApp the night before.
As soon as the news spread, students from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) union began demonstrations in the campus of the Rajasthan University. The proctor of the university, MS Poonia, immediately informed the Principal of Commerce College and soon after the university announced that the exam had been cancelled and would be held again on a date which will be announced in the future.
Speaking to reporters, acting Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan University HS Bhatti said, "The paper had been cancelled and an enquiry would be conducted to find out the source of this leak, alongwith that an FIR would also be registered by university authorities under section 67 A of the IT act."
The examination was to be conducted by the Rajasthan University in 217 centres in Jaipur district.
Students, who were to take the exam, are disappointed. "Our entire years' efforts have gone waste, we were thinking that with this paper over our exams were almost finished and we could be stress free and party but now we will have to study all over again," said a student Tahir Hussain.