Bathinda/Ferozepur:, July 20 -- In a joint operation, police teams from the Faridkot and Ferozepur ranges, along with the state counter-intelligence (CI) wing, detained 35 persons, including 28 candidates, on Sunday for allegedly cheating during the recruitment examination for the pharmacy officers.

According to police, the CI wing received specific inputs during the examination about an organised cheating syndicate operating simultaneously across multiple centres.

The information was shared with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) authorities at around 12.30 pm, following which examination centres were secured and coordinated searches were launched with the help of local police, police said.

The exam, conducted by the BFU...