Lucknow, Feb. 25 -- The day after a police recruitment exam was cancelled by the state government after a paper leak, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the matter will be probed for foul play and those responsible will be taught a fitting lesson.

The examinees erupted in celebration on Saturday after the government officially notified that the exam had been cancelled.

Speaking at an event organised at Lucknow's Lok Bhavan to distribute appointment letters to candidates selected for about vacant 1,800 posts across various government departments, CM Adityanath said the act amounted to playing with the futures of the state's youth.

Terming the paper leak as a 'national sin', CM Adityanath said, "We have always believed that if...