The Crime Branch is extending the scope of investigations in the paper-selling scam and Common Entrance Tests right from 2009 have been put under scanner. The need for broadening the scope of investigations was felt as Mushtaq Ahmed Peer, prime accused in the CET 2012 scam, had taken over as Chairman, Board of Professional Entrance Examinations, in 2009 and any fraud in previous years of his tenure can’t be ruled out. The CB suspicion has been substantiated as several students of 2010 batch in GMC Srinagar have been found to be underperformers. Out of 13 students of 2010 GMC batch whose record was sought by General Administration Department (GAD), eight have failed in MBBS exams. Inspector General of Police, Crime, Syed Javed Mujtaba Gillani, said, “We are broadening the scope of investigations and the CET admissions that took place in Mushtaq Peer’s time since 2009 will be investigated.” Peer was appointed as Chairman BOPEE on February 28, 2009. IGP Gillani said the call details of some students who got selected in CET 2011 are also being accessed. CB officials said that Peer had developed relationship with a broker of Bijbehara in 2005 due to which it has become necessary to probe the earlier CET admissions as well. “We will examine the academic records of students who have been selected since 2009,” they said. According to officials, it was CET paper leak incident in June 2013 that government, besides ordering re-examination of CET 2013, handed over the investigation of CET 2012 to Crime Branch. Last year some anonymous complaints were received about the conduct of the test but they were closed during investigations by the Crime Branch and Vigilance Organization, officials said. In the CET 2013 paper leak incident, it has been established that there was ‘negligence’ on the part of the agency employed by BOPEE to pack the papers. Some Biology papers were found in a packet containing Chemistry papers. After the Biology paper got leaked in the examination centers, government ordered cancellation of the entire examination. Fresh exam was held in July. “Questioning of people in connection with the 2013 paper leak incident is currently on. The 2013 case and the earlier cases are separate and we may file separate challans for them,” IGP Gillani informed
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 02:29:39 +0000
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