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| Open groundin Bihar with candidates writing theirAmy recruitment exam, clad only in an underwear. |
News agency ANI reports that a recruitment drive by Indian Army in Bihar made candidates write an exam in underwear to curb cheating.
The incident according to ANI occurred on Sunday in Muzzafarpur; around 1,150 candidates reportedly wrote the exam, which was held to recruit clerks in the army.
ANI also tweeted a photo of an open ground with candidates writing their exam clad only in an underwear.
If true, the incident is a violation of the dignity and human rights of the candidates. But ANI did not think it fit to dig a little more, speak to Army and candidates to confirm the story.
Earlier in the day, the story was broken by Pradesh 18, a Network 18 website. It carried a different picture of the same open ground with candidates writing their exam clad only in an underwear.
It said the candidates were directed to move to the grounds after removing their clothes including vests.
The director was not named.
An explosive story like this, which has the potential to become a political dynamite, needs better reporting. Army officials will have to be brought in discuss the photos, candidates would have to be interviewed, background information on the Army's earlier bad experience would have to be recalled.
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| Open groundin Bihar with candidates writing theirAmy recruitment exam, clad only in an underwear. |
Pradesh 18 has a sketchy account of a Chapra candidate, who refused to strip and wrote the exam in gamcha and vest! So, was stripping optional?
Pradesh 18 puts the number of candidates, who wrote the exam at 11,000; while ANI says 1,150 wrote.
The reports and photos generated some heat on Twitter with some getting angry at the humiliation of candidates.
But some pointed out that candidates had been perhaps asked to write their exam after physical tests, which is also quite plausible as far as the guess works go.
@ani_news generally in Bihar army treats candidates as if thy were animals..thy don't hesitate to assault thm.gross human rights violation— saurav rajput (@saurav_rajput7) February 29, 2016
In Bihar,candidates seeking army job were asked to write in only underwear in open ground to prevent copying. Where is integrity&dignity?— K.K. Chaturvedi (@Chaturvedikk13) February 29, 2016