Jaipur, July 15: Internet services have been suspended across several parts of Rajasthan to conduct cheating free and fair examinations for the selection of constables. As per the Rajasthan government orders, the internet services have been banned on Saturday and Sunday at 200-plus centres across the state this includes Jaipur also. The ban will hamper all generations of internet services, including 2G, 3G and 4G services.

The exam will be conducted in two shifts, one from 10 am to 12 noon, and another from 3 pm to 5 pm. The Rajasthan government is conducting the exam for filling 13,142 vacancies. The recruitment exam was cancelled in March after the Special Operations Group (SOG) busted a high-tech real-time cheating racket. The government conducted an online exam for the first time in March.

Officials claimed that the exam was held smoothly on Saturday and they are hopeful that candidates will not face any issues on Sunday also. A total of 15,13,137 candidates have applied for the posts. DGP O P Galhotra told Indian Express that On Saturday, stringent arrangements were made for around 7.5 lakh applicants to take the test across the state; however, only 70 per cent appeared.

The Congress has criticised the move of suspending internet services. Congress State president Sachin Pilot blamed the state government for failing to stop cheating and to creating inconvenience to the residents of the state.

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