New Delhi, Feb 18: On Saturday, February 17, a picture of actress Sunny Leone and her name showing up on an admit card for the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment test went viral on social media.
In the viral posts, an admit card with “Sunny Leon” name and two pictures of the actor were shared.
The admit card mentioned Kannauj’s Smt Soneshree Memorial Girls College as the examination centre from 10 am to 12:05 pm as the exam time.
The registration was done on the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board’s (UPPRB) website with Leone’s photo and registration number “12258574”.
Taking cognisance of the viral admit card, the UPPRB said that the admit card with the name Sunny Leone was “fake”.
According to the UPPRB officials, during the application for the exam, incorrect photos were uploaded by a candidate, and upon receiving complaints, the recruitment board immediately corrected these cards by uploading blank photo sections.
The Uttar Pradesh Police constable recruitment examination began on Saturday. The two-day exam is being conducted in two shifts across all districts of Uttar Pradesh to fill the 60,244 posts of Police Constable.
More than 120 people were arrested across the state in the last two days for impersonating candidates in the exam, news agency PTI, quoting police officials.
According to Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar, amongst the 122 arrested in total, 15 were in Etah, nine each in Mau, Prayagraj and Siddharthanagar, eight in Ghazipur, seven in Azamgarh, six in Gorakhpur, five in Jaunpur, four in Firozabad, three each in Kaushambi and Hathras, two each in Jhansi, Varanasi, Agra and Kanpur, and one each in Ballia, Deoria and Bijnor.
