JYOTI SHARMA
JAMMU, AUGUST 5: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday registered an FIR against 33 accused including son of a BJP’s District Development Council member, a BSF commandant, an ASI of theJ&K Police, former member and officials of the Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board among others for alleged malpractices during written examination held for the posts of probationary sub inspectors in Jammu Kashmir Police.
The written test was held by the JKSSB on March 27 and its results were declared on June 4, with Board displaying online the list of 1200 successful candidates out a total of 97,000 applicants for the posts. However, several unsuccessful candidates had raised questions over the list and described it unfair, with various political parties also joining the chorus.
Pointing out that registration of FIR followed request from J&K government, a CBI spokesperson said that searches were held on the premises of the accused at 30 locations at Jammu, Srinagar, Bengaluru etc.
The accused included Sourav Bral, Roshan Bral, a teacher posted under Rehbar-e-Taleem programme, besides Avinash Gupta and Akshay Kumar, owner and manager of EDUMAX Classes (coaching centre) at Akhnoor. While Sourav Bral is the son of Bhushan Bral – a BJP’s District Development Council member from Bhalwal Brahmana in Akhnoor tehsil, , son Bhushan Bral – a BJP’s District Development Council member from Bhalwal Brahmana in Akhnoor tehsil, and Roshan Bral is his uncle.
The FIR also names as accused Dr Kanail Singh, Medical Officer at BSF Frontier Hqrs in Paloura, J&K, former member of the JKSSB Narayan Dutt, besides its then under secretary Bishan Dass and and the then section officer Anju Raina, besides an Assistant Sub Inspector of J&K Police Ashok Kumar, ex-CRPF official Ashwani Kumar, and M/s MeritTrac Services Private Limited, Bengaluru, a company offering assessment services and examination management services to corporate organizations, educational institutes and government agencies.
The other accused named in the FIR included Sourav Sharma, Sunil Kumar Verma, Jai Suriya Sharma, Bandhana Sharma, Rohit Choudhary, Ravi Kumar, Kapil Sharma, Paras Sharma, Sumit Sharma, Dheeraj Sharma, Shubham Patyar, Sahil Patyar, Rahul Singh, Mamta Langeh, Rohit Langeh, Rahul Sharma, Tarlok Singh, Sachdev Singh, Anshuman Sharma, Aakash Jalotra, Ankita Sharma, Shubam Kala (all private persons) and unknown others.
The J&K Govt had earlier constituted a three member Inquiry Committee led by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Home, R K Goyal, and later cancelled the selection list following its report which alleged that the accused had entered into conspiracy amongst officials of JKSSB, Bengaluru based private company, beneficiary candidates and others, and caused gross irregularities in conduct of written examination for the posts of Sub-Inspectors. It was further alleged that there was abnormally high percentage of selected candidates from Jammu, Rajouri and Samba districts, officials said.