TRB scam: Police slap case against Noida-based firm
A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The city’s cybercrime wing police have registered a case of cheating and forging documents against staff of a Noida-based company assigned to prepare the list of shortlisted candidates for the post of lecturers in government polytechnic colleges in Tamil Nadu.
The issue came to light after some candidates downloaded the answer sheets from the Teachers Recruitment Board website and discovered that they had been manipulated. After they approached the TRB and complained about foul play in the selection process, the member-secretary of the board Jagannathan submitted a complaint to the Chennai city police commissioner A K Viswanathan seeking a probe into the issue.
The cybercrime wing of the central crime branch (CCB) registered a case and confirmed that there was malpractice in data entry by staff of Datatec Methodex Pvt Ltd, Noida. Police questioned company officials over the issue. “The company has ordered an internal inquiry and promised to come out with a detailed report on those responsiblefor thescam,” a police officer said.
Police officers said initial inquiries revealed that staff of the private firm may have taken money ranging from ₹20 lakh to ₹30 lakh from each candidate to include their names in the shortlist.
“Company officials have informed us that the marks of at least196 candidateswere altered,” a police officer said. “We are waiting for a detailed report from the firm.”
The results of the test were published on November 7. Subsequently 2,110 successful candidates were called for certificate verification for five non-engineering subjects to fill 1,058 lecturers’ posts in polytechnic colleges.
Certificate verification for engineering subjects has been deferred after the irregularities were unearthed.
The officer said the authorities are looking for ways to insulate the selection process from manipulation.
A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The city’s cybercrime wing police have registered a case of cheating and forging documents against staff of a Noida-based company assigned to prepare the list of shortlisted candidates for the post of lecturers in government polytechnic colleges in Tamil Nadu.
The issue came to light after some candidates downloaded the answer sheets from the Teachers Recruitment Board website and discovered that they had been manipulated. After they approached the TRB and complained about foul play in the selection process, the member-secretary of the board Jagannathan submitted a complaint to the Chennai city police commissioner A K Viswanathan seeking a probe into the issue.
The cybercrime wing of the central crime branch (CCB) registered a case and confirmed that there was malpractice in data entry by staff of Datatec Methodex Pvt Ltd, Noida. Police questioned company officials over the issue. “The company has ordered an internal inquiry and promised to come out with a detailed report on those responsiblefor thescam,” a police officer said.
Police officers said initial inquiries revealed that staff of the private firm may have taken money ranging from ₹20 lakh to ₹30 lakh from each candidate to include their names in the shortlist.
“Company officials have informed us that the marks of at least196 candidateswere altered,” a police officer said. “We are waiting for a detailed report from the firm.”
The results of the test were published on November 7. Subsequently 2,110 successful candidates were called for certificate verification for five non-engineering subjects to fill 1,058 lecturers’ posts in polytechnic colleges.
Certificate verification for engineering subjects has been deferred after the irregularities were unearthed.
The officer said the authorities are looking for ways to insulate the selection process from manipulation.
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