Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: The probe into infamous multi-crore Elementary Teachers Training scam is now going to prove litmus test for the Crime Branch which is all set to investigate the fresh case involving politicians, Ministers, bureaucrats and other bigwigs.
After producing two challans , the Crime Branch Jammu is starting investigation into providing of NOCs to the ETT after 2005 as from that year the permission of ETT was in the hands of Civil Secretariat. If the informed sources are to be believed, during scrutiny of the session 2005,2007 the Crime Branch has prepared a list of some politicians involved in the scam.
Earlier, Crime Branch was investigating the case from 2002 onwards and during that period, the permission of running ETT was in the hand of JKBOSE. During investigation, CB booked 23 persons, involving JKBOSE officers including former Secretary of Board of School Education (BOSE), Bashir Ahmad Dar and former BOSE Chairman, Sheikh Bashir Ahmad.
The EET scam involved many officers of the JKBOSE found facilitating mass copying. This menace surfaced when a truck load of copying material was seized by the higher ups of JKBOSE in Mendhar last year. Class 12th standard exams were on when the material was seized, resulting in postponement of exams.
Pertinently, already Crime Branch Kashmir presented charge sheet against 15 accused persons before the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption, Srinagar on December 18, 2015 in the infamous ETT scam bearing FIR No. 27/2013 under section 420, 468, 467, 471, 120-B RPC r/w 5 (2) PC Act P/S Crime Branch Kashmir.
Crime Branch Jammu had already submitted charge sheet in case bearing FIR No. 36/2013 U/S 420,468,471, 120-B RPC r/w 5 (2) PC Act, on 11-12-2015 for the session 2004-06 against 08 accused persons before the Court of Anti Corruption, Jammu. |
