‘Protest In Delhi, Silence Over Punjab Paper Breach’: BJP Questions Kejriwal As Pharmacist Job Exam ‘Live Op’ Unravels

Published 22 July 2026 · local

‘Protest In Delhi, Silence Over Punjab Paper Breach’: BJP Questions Kejriwal As Pharmacist Job Exam ‘Live Op’ Unravels Published By, Last Updated: July 22, 2026

‘Protest In Delhi, Silence Over Punjab Paper Breach’: BJP Questions Kejriwal As Pharmacist Job Exam ‘Live Op’ Unravels Published By, Last Updated: July 22, 2026, 12:01 IST Punjab Pharmacy Officer Recruitment Examination scam explained: Rather than leaking question paper in advance, racket operated a "live breach" system using miniature electronics Rapid Read Arvind Kejriwal meets Sonam Wangchuk. (File) Amid attacks from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the NEET paper leak and handling of students’ protest in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned the silence of Arvind Kejriwal over another recruitment exam scam that is unravelling in Punjab. The Punjab Police busted a massive, high-tech cheating syndicate during the Pharmacy Officer Recruitment Examination held for 454 government posts. An organized syndicate of racketeers charged desperate candidates between ₹3.5 lakh and ₹13 lakh and used concealed spy-style electronic devices to feed them answers in real-time. The written test, which attracted approximately 7,000 candidates, was administered by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) at 18 examination centers in Faridkot, Kotkapura, and Ferozepur. WHAT BJP SAID BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya said, “Arvind Kejriwal and his proxy protesters claim to be fighting for students. So where are they now? Punjab’s Pharmacist recruitment exam has been compromised by a massive cheating racket." Arvind Kejriwal and his proxy protesters claim to be fighting for students.

So where are they now?Punjab’s Pharmacist recruitment exam has been compromised by a massive cheating racket. Police have arrested 7 kingpins and 28 candidates. Investigators allege a hidden pen camera… pic.twitter.com/tMC4OO8hBL — Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 22, 2026 “Police have arrested 7 kingpins and 28 candidates. Investigators allege a hidden pen camera was used to leak the paper, with answers transmitted live through Bluetooth earpieces. Candidates reportedly paid between ₹3.5 lakh and ₹13 lakh. Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Or is selective activism reserved only for states ruled by political opponents?" he said. LIVE BREACH: PUNJAB PHARMACY OFFICER RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION Rather than leaking the question paper in advance, the racket operated a coordinated “live breach" system using miniature electronics Within minutes of the exam starting, a candidate at a Ferozepur center used a covert pen camera to take pictures of the question paper The images were WhatsApp to an accomplice in Bhiwani, Haryana, who then routed them to a makeshift control room set up in a residence in Society Nagar, Faridkot. “Solvers" at the control room relayed the answers back into the examination hall, where compromised candidates were wearing microscopic, battery-operated wireless receivers (Bluetooth devices) hidden inside their turbans, socks, and undergarments.