BENGALURU:Bangalore University (BU) is all set to file an FIR in the cash-for-marks scam that was unearthed in the Distance Education Department in April 2014. Officials have prepared a 53,000-page document related to the case.
Varsity officials told Express they are through with documentation, which would be placed before the syndicate meeting on June 19. Speaking to Express, Vice-Chancellor K N Ninge Gowda said, “We are ready with the necessary documents and will file the FIR soon.”
According to sources, eight employees of the university, including custodians who are working with the Examination section, will be named in the FIR. “Following the internal inquiry report and the documents collected, we are naming eight employees in the FIR,” said an official.
The scam was unearthed after the city police registered a sou motu case on April 20, 2014 and arrested some who were allegedly involved in the cash-for-marks scam. Former syndicate member K B Vedamurthy and some custodians of the distance education examinations were arrested.
Later, the university constituted an internal probe committee headed by professor Jeevan Kumar from the faculty of Arts. Based on the committee’s report, BU had conducted fresh evaluation of all the answer scripts and withheld results of over 1,500 candidates where there was difference in marks.
“We have received a communication from the state government to file an FIR so that CID police can start an inquiry,” said BU officials.
The scam is related to undergraduate course distance education exams conducted in December 2013.
Theft connected to scams
University sources said the recent theft at the Vice-Chancellor’s office is also related to the scam. “The two major ongoing cases are releated to the distance education scam and about an engineering marks card issued to a fake student. We have strong doubt that people associated with these two cases attempted the steal and destroy the files or docu-ments. But, the files were not at the VC’s office,” said a senior BU official.
Varsity officials told Express they are through with documentation, which would be placed before the syndicate meeting on June 19. Speaking to Express, Vice-Chancellor K N Ninge Gowda said, “We are ready with the necessary documents and will file the FIR soon.”
According to sources, eight employees of the university, including custodians who are working with the Examination section, will be named in the FIR. “Following the internal inquiry report and the documents collected, we are naming eight employees in the FIR,” said an official.
The scam was unearthed after the city police registered a sou motu case on April 20, 2014 and arrested some who were allegedly involved in the cash-for-marks scam. Former syndicate member K B Vedamurthy and some custodians of the distance education examinations were arrested.
Later, the university constituted an internal probe committee headed by professor Jeevan Kumar from the faculty of Arts. Based on the committee’s report, BU had conducted fresh evaluation of all the answer scripts and withheld results of over 1,500 candidates where there was difference in marks.
“We have received a communication from the state government to file an FIR so that CID police can start an inquiry,” said BU officials.
The scam is related to undergraduate course distance education exams conducted in December 2013.
Theft connected to scams
University sources said the recent theft at the Vice-Chancellor’s office is also related to the scam. “The two major ongoing cases are releated to the distance education scam and about an engineering marks card issued to a fake student. We have strong doubt that people associated with these two cases attempted the steal and destroy the files or docu-ments. But, the files were not at the VC’s office,” said a senior BU official.
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