About 1,159 candidates in Muzaffarpur,Bihar take the Army exam in their underwear

 

About 1,159 candidates in Muzaffarpur,Bihar being made to take the Army exam in their underwear

The Patna High Court on Tuesday served a notice to the Union defence secretary and the director of the Army Regional Office (ARO), Muzaffarpur, seeking an explanation.

The Patna High Court was responding to a PIL filed by lawyer Dinu Kumar, who presented news clippings to a division bench of Acting Chief Justice I A Ansari and Justice Anjana Mishra. Senior lawyer S D Sanjay represented the Centre.
“I asked the court if conducting the examination in such an undignified manner does not amount to violation of human rights and right to live with dignity under IPC provisions. I pleaded that our Army is known for its discipline but asked if the act of conducting examination in underwear was not an example of gross indiscipline and insensitivity,” Kumar said.


Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also stepped in, seeking a report on the incident from Army Chief General Dalbir Singh.

The ARO had said that the candidates, appearing for the recruitment exam for soldiers on general duty and in the clerical and technical categories, were asked to remove their clothes to “save time on frisking so many people”