Overview
- The three-day Home Guard Enrolment-2025 test, running April 25–27, opened across 1,053 centres in 74 districts with 75.33% turnout on day one.
- Entry checks used Aadhaar e-KYC, iris scans and handheld metal detectors, and papers stayed in double-locked treasuries under round-the-clock CCTV.
- Lucknow police filed an FIR over a Telegram channel called Exam Paper Wallah that touted a leaked paper and sought money from aspirants, citing the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, IT Act Section 66D and the state’s Public Examinations law.
- Police reported arrests tied to cheating attempts, including a forged admit-card case in Etah and three suspects caught with hidden electronic devices in a Kanpur Nagar hall.
- Candidates described a moderate, objective test focused on general knowledge and current affairs with 100 marks over two hours.