Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 7: The Crime Branch Jammu today submitted a charge sheet against five accused, including an examination centre Superintendent, who were involved in a racket of mass copying in School Board examinations.
“A criminal case under various sections of the RPC was registered in 2012 against five people, including Shamsher Singh, the then superintendent of the examination centre, for allowing mass copying and permitting students to impersonate,” SSP Crime Branch Jammu Mubassir Latifi said.
An investigation by the Crime Branch established that a student named Prabjot Singh was allowed to impersonate himself as Parvinder Singh as he was allowed to sit in the examination hall, Latifi said.
“At that time the answer sheet, roll number slip and attendance sheet were seized though a seizure memo prepared on the spot,” he said.
Further probe revealed that students were indulging in mass copying and other activities in connivance with staff deployed by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.
After the offences were established against Shamsheer Singh, Pawan Kumar, Parvinder Singh, Prabhjoht Singh and Sukhbir Singh, a case was registered against them and the charge sheet was submitted before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Jammu, the officer added.
During the course of investigation, it was found that one of the candidate’s appearances did not match with the photograph found with his Roll No. slip.
The candidate revealed his identity as Prabhjot Singh son of Gurdeep Singh, a resident of Kotli Shahdowala, R.S.Pura who was a student of 12th class of Government Higher Secondary School, R S Pura. He further admitted that he was sitting in the examination in place of Parvinder Singh son of Prithpal Singh R/o Phinder Tehsil R.S Pura.
He further admitted that the impersonation was in the knowledge of the examination centre Superintendent Shamsher Singh. His answer sheet, Roll Number slip and attendance sheet was seized through a seizure memo prepared on spot.
During further checking it was found that students were indulging in mass copying and other activities in connivance with staff deployed by J&K BOSE. After establishing the offences under Sections 419, 420, 120-B RPC against the accused persons the charge sheet was presented before the court of CJM, Jammu.
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