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Youth held in West Midnapore for spreading fake SSC exam post on FB

Kolkata Sept 6 (UNI) West Bengal Police have arrested a youth from West Midnapore for allegedly circulating a fake social media post claiming that question papers for the upcoming School Service Commission (SSC) exams were available for sale.
The arrest was made late yesterday night after the accused posted on Facebook that he had received a call from someone offering him the question paper and assuring him of a teaching job.
Police traced the post to Arindam Pal, a resident of Mangrul Gram Panchayat in Chandrakona, West Midnapore.
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