CET paper leakage scandal KT NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, Nov 19: A day after registering FIR against Mushtaq Ahmad Peer former chairman of Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) in connection with paper leakage case for Common Entrance Test (CET) 2011, Crime Branch (CB) today said Peer will be questioned in a day or two. Syed Javed Mujtaba Gilani, the IGP Crime said, We conducted raids at the residence of Peer Mushtaq in Srinagar and Jammu where we found some incriminating documents. We have seized those documents besides the property papers. The documents will be scrutinized and further action will be taken accordingly. He added that Peer will be questioned very soon. We are investigating the matter and I think we may question him in a day or two, Gilani told a local news agency KNS. However, Peer termed the raids carried out by crime branch at his residences in Jammu and Srinagar as unethical. I have held a responsible position and am the member of over four national level committees. If there was some allegation, which I am sure is baseless, it was imperative for the crime branch to have my response first before carrying out such raids, he said. The former chairman BOPEE observed that unfortunately there is no appreciation for working with dedication, commitment and honesty in Jammu and Kashmir. I had given a system and work culture in BOPEE. There were many attempts to malign my image but with Gods grace, elements inimical to my position and status had to eat a humble pie, Peer said. Asked about the documents and other material seized by the Crime Branch, Peer told KNS: During the raids, the Crime Brach has seized certain files, a laptop, pen drives and cash (Rs 1,35000) from my residence. The laptop and pen drives contain some confidential details as I am the member of five national level examination committees. Perhaps they have seized my passport also. Peer said that he has decided to inform the higher ups in the crime branch about the important documents and importance of details contained in the laptop and the pen drives. It is ironical that the Crime Branch has not taken any cognizance about the leakage of CET papers of 2013. While as they have acted on a complaint which has no basis. Last year they said that nothing incriminating was found, now they started these raids. I dont understand this fuss, the former chairman BOPEE told KNS. Asked will he cooperate with Crime Branch in its investigations into the matter, Peer said: Why not. There is no question of non cooperation. When I have mot committed anything wrong, why I should shy away from investigations. I am ready for a thorough probe, peer told KNS. Pertinently, the Crime Branch has registered a case against Peer and senior CB officials are supervising the investigations under (FIR NO. 24/2013). According to another local news agency, CNS, sleuths of crime branch have arrested an accused Sajid Hussain while another accused Farooq Ahmed has agreed to become an approver. Crime Branch officials told CNS that the information provided by the approver has proved very useful and so far they have seized important documents pertaining to the case. Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) had come under scanner as the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2012 results declared that year in June had come as a shock to many with aspirants and parents questioning the very credibility of the BOPEE that conducted the test. Parents had alleged that then BOPEE authorities had sold CET question papers for a sum of Rs 65 lakh which fetched an amount of Rs 5 crores to brokers (one arrested and another approver) as they sold those papers to affluent one. The accused in league with BOPEE authorities and a woman had sold the entrance examination papers ahead of the examination to dozens of students. Their network was very strong. The accused used to call the parents and aspirants to a hotel located somewhere in Boulevard Dalgate. The irony is that the accused always were accompanied by a team of experts who used to solve the entrance papers, a crime branch official told CNS. Another Crime Branch official on condition of anonymity told CNS that during the raid on the houses of former BOPEE Chairman at Professor Colony Hazratbal and Sidhra Jammu, the sleuths recovered some important documents. During the raid we recovered documents pertaining to land comprised of 10 kanals and 4 marlas in Ganderbal and two flats in Jammu and one flat in New Delhi. We are thoroughly investigating the matter and in near future more arrests are expected, he said adding that Peer managed to give a slip to the CB sleuths when they raided his Hazratbal residence. CB official said that the sleuths are looking for other accused which included Haroon Rashid resident of Dayalgam Anantnag and Ali Mohammad Mir of Kennelwan Bijbehara. We have registered an FIR vide number 24/2013 and so far we have questioned 15 students and 10 parents and initial investigation has identified at least 24 beneficiaries. Incharge superintendent of police crime branch Bashir Ahmed confirmed to CNS that documents pertaining to land and flats in Ganderbal, Jammu and Delhi belonging to former BOPEE chairman have been seized by the sleuths of crime branch. We are probing the matter on speedy basis and guilty will not be spared, he said. Sources in crime branch said that the owner of a computer institute, Farooq Ahmed Itoo in South Kashmirs Bijbehara town who is at present acting as an approver and helping CB to nail down all the accused is believed to be the actual broker in this scam. He is also believed to be instrumental in the purchase and sale of the question papers. News Updated at : Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:07:46 +0000
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