SHILLONG: Rajabala MLA Azad Zaman has expressed displeasure over Tura police booking some candidates of MTET examination from his constituency in the question paper leakage case and called the move “illegal”.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Zaman said the youths who have been booked received the question papers on WhatsApp and shared with friends to enquire whether those were authentic. “Later they attended the Examination and confirmed the authenticity of question paper. Some of the students even reported to the invigilator. Some even informed to the Principle of DIET,” he added.
Questioning the police’ move to arrest the “innocent students”, Zaman said the police should arrest the original culprit and those behind leaking the questions.
“Why people don’t question those under whose custody question paper was kept? Why not police question those who are entrusted to print the question paper,” he questioned and added that his intention was not to interfere in police investigation but to oppose the harassment of “innocent students”.
The MLA criticised the government for not calling CBI or other high-level inquiry and instead diverting the attention of people and save its skin by making the students scapegoats. “It is total failure of the government.” He also said the Meghalaya High Court may take suo motu notice of the question paper leakage episode.
