SHAME, SHAME AND SHAME Continuing with its investigation into the multi-crore rupees paper selling scam in the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BoPEE), the Crime Branch Thursday interrogated some more students accused of having paid money to buy the entrance papers. Though the agency also quizzed the prime accused, former chairman BoPEE Mushtaq Ahmad Peer, for second consecutive day, there were no signs of his arrest yet. The CB detained Mushtaq Peer for almost entire day Thursday for further questioning related to his assets and the money he had received from the brokers who in turn had sold question papers to the students. Peer reached the agency headquarter at Rajbagh here early this morning as per the directions by the CB authorities, officials said. “His role in the crime is established and it is only a matter of time before he is arrested,” said an official. “His call records and bank transactions over a period of time have helped us to establish the case against him.” But the delay on part of the CB to arrest Peer, whose role in the case is established, is likely to give credence to the reports about political intervention to shield Peer. “His arrest is not necessary at this point of time, the investigation is going on. We can take the decision anytime,” the CB official said. The CB investigation has thrown up that Peer sold off question papers to brokers for Rs 65 lakhs who had in turn earned Rs five 5 crores by selling the papers to students. He, according to the CB investigation, has purchased over 10 kanals of land in Kashmir, a house in Jammu, three flats in Jammu and New Delhi and some properties at Pahalgam in the recent years. Sources said the CB summoned at least five “more” students for questioning to its headquarters at Raj Bagh here this morning. “These students are apart from the 12 candidates against whom the Crime Branch has already established that they paid hefty money ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh to buy question papers. The agency has evidences against these new students and they were examined in this connection,” sources said. The questioning which went for several hours ranged from money transaction, the role of students’ parents to the modus-operandi employed by the brokers to make papers available to them, a source said. Regarding the 12 students, sources said almost all of them and their parents have confessed having paid money to buy the papers. “This has been corroborated by the bank transactions and other records,” sources revealed. An official said there was an opinion that one of the beneficiary students, who the agency believed was in knowhow of more students involved in the scam, might be subjected to tough questioning. As already reported by Greater Kashmir, the beneficiary students were kept in a local hotel at Boulevard for night and provided entrance question papers along with answer keys to prepare for the test next day. Peer’s post-retirement job as consultant to the State government on fast-track recruitment was terminated by the government after the CB investigation established his role in the scam.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 05:57:17 +0000
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