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Due to the paper leak followed by the cancellation of the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET 2), the Telangana government will re-conducting EAMCET 3 on September 11, 2016. As per the official notification, the exam will be held from 10 am to 1 pm.
Only those aspirants who appeared in TS EAMCET 2 will have to appear in TS EAMCET 3. The exam was earlier conducted on July 9 for entry into medical and dental colleges and the results were declared on July 14.
The exam was conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. The candidates will have to download afresh admit card/ hall tickets for TSEAMCET 3. Following complaints of question paper leak, Telangana CID conducted a probe and submitted a report recently. So far, eight persons have been arrested.
The decision was recently taken after the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao held a review meeting of the ministers and officials concerned. “It is unfortunate and painful incident (leakage of question paper). In the wake of leakage of the paper we have no option but to conduct EAMCET once again. I request students and parents to understand the situation and cooperate with the Government,” the Chief Minister said in the statement.
The students and parents said those few students who indulged in cheating should be punished. The other students who appeared for the exams under stress as they had to write the same exam twice besides appearing for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), they had argued.
Read: EAMCET 2: Two more arrested in paper leak case
Investigation had revealed that as many as 200 students and their parents allegedly colluded with various brokers involved in the whole episode, the statement said.
According to reports, few candidates, who got a rank in thousands in Andhra Pradesh EAMCET, had got a rank below 500 in Telangana EAMCET-II.
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