‘Fake’ candidates of pre-vet exam held
1 July 2012 2:15 PM GMT
Three students — an MBBS, an Ayurvedic and a BSc — were arrested for allegedly impersonating as genuine candidates in the entrance test All India Pre-Veterinary Test held in May last year, police said on Saturday.
The arrested have been identified as Sukhbeer Yadav, an MBBS second year student, Vikas Kaushik, a final year Ayurvedic student and Pawan, a second year BSc student, said Chhaya Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (south).
The arrests came following investigations into a complaint filed by the Veterinary Council of India after it found out that at least 57 candidates, who cleared the All India Pre-Veterinary Test in May last year, were suspected to have used the services of others to write the entrance exam for them.
The incident of impersonation came to light during counselling sessions last August during which the Council employed the services of a forensic expert to ensure that no impersonation was taken place during the entrance tests.
The Council had first approached the CBI in August, which advised it to approach local police for getting cases registered against suspected candidates, who appeared for the test on 14 May last year.
The entrance test was conducted for admission of students under 15 per cent all-India quota in different veterinary colleges in the country. The counselling session for the successful — merit and waitlisted — candidates was held on 21 - 22 July, 8 - 11 August and 26 August.
‘During counselling, verification of the identity of the candidates was done to rule out the possibility of impersonation. This process was carried out by hiring the services of a forensic expert V C Mishra,’ said Anup Bhaumik, Council Secretary in his complaint.
The identity of the candidates were verified on the basis of their handwriting, signature and thumb impression made during the examination on the answer and attendance sheets with that of during counseling. During investigations, Pawan was located in Bhiwani and was arrested.
‘He initially tried to mislead the police team but later he broke down and confessed. On the instance of accused Pawan Kumar, his associates Kaushik and Yadav were also arrested in the case. Kumar discussed the same with his close friend Kaushik, who told him that he know Yadav and could help him out. Kaushik demanded Rs 4 lakh to be paid after getting merit in the examination,’ said Sharma.
The arrested have been identified as Sukhbeer Yadav, an MBBS second year student, Vikas Kaushik, a final year Ayurvedic student and Pawan, a second year BSc student, said Chhaya Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (south).
The arrests came following investigations into a complaint filed by the Veterinary Council of India after it found out that at least 57 candidates, who cleared the All India Pre-Veterinary Test in May last year, were suspected to have used the services of others to write the entrance exam for them.
The incident of impersonation came to light during counselling sessions last August during which the Council employed the services of a forensic expert to ensure that no impersonation was taken place during the entrance tests.
The Council had first approached the CBI in August, which advised it to approach local police for getting cases registered against suspected candidates, who appeared for the test on 14 May last year.
The entrance test was conducted for admission of students under 15 per cent all-India quota in different veterinary colleges in the country. The counselling session for the successful — merit and waitlisted — candidates was held on 21 - 22 July, 8 - 11 August and 26 August.
‘During counselling, verification of the identity of the candidates was done to rule out the possibility of impersonation. This process was carried out by hiring the services of a forensic expert V C Mishra,’ said Anup Bhaumik, Council Secretary in his complaint.
The identity of the candidates were verified on the basis of their handwriting, signature and thumb impression made during the examination on the answer and attendance sheets with that of during counseling. During investigations, Pawan was located in Bhiwani and was arrested.
‘He initially tried to mislead the police team but later he broke down and confessed. On the instance of accused Pawan Kumar, his associates Kaushik and Yadav were also arrested in the case. Kumar discussed the same with his close friend Kaushik, who told him that he know Yadav and could help him out. Kaushik demanded Rs 4 lakh to be paid after getting merit in the examination,’ said Sharma.
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