The entire team of the Recruitment Sub-Committee for Vellore range assembled at the Netaji Stadium in Vellore on Friday to measure the height of a woman candidate, who was wrongly measured for her height, during the interview session for uniformed services held on July 25.
Deputy Inspector General of Police of Vellore Range and Chairman of the committee M T Ganeshmoorthy, Superintendent of Police of Vellore and senior member of the committee I Eswaran and other members of the committee gathered in the stadium to measure the height of P Banu, one of the candidates from Vellore.
Sources said that Banu’s height was 0.2 cms more than the fixed eligible height of 159 cms for women candidates. However, her height was wrongly recorded as 158.2 cms instead of the original height of 159.2 cms. Subsequently, she was selected in physical efficiency test. The list of selected candidates was sent to the recruitment board in Chennai, said a senior police officer.
Initially Banu’s data sheet was not accepted, but following direction from the superior officials, DIG of Vellore the candidate was called for the second time to measure the height. The entire procedure was videographed, the sources said.
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