Scholarship scam: 2 education dept officials arrested

Updated on: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Two education department officials in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district were arrested for allegedly destroying records pertaining to distribution of scholarships among Gujjar, Bakerwal and Pahari community students, police said here.

"Khumiriyal zonal education officer Mohammad Akbar Mir and senior assistant Mohammad Amin Lone were arrested yesterday," a police spokesman said.

He said the accused in connivance with other employees of Khumiriyal zonal education office set ablaze the records pertaining to distribution of scholarships among Gujjar, Bakerwal and Pahari students.

The record was destroyed to hush-up the irregularities committed by the zonal education officer in the distribution of these scholarships, the spokesman said.

The State Vigilance Organisation (Kashmir), probing the alleged irregularities in distribution of the scholarships, had asked the office to present the record before the investigating agency for perusal.

More arrests are likely to be made in connection with the case, the spokesman said.

Aggarwal said the students were barred from smart classes despite the fact that they had already paid their regular quarterly tuition fees.

The lawyer also argued the school has increased the fees mid-session in order to provide access to smart class in violation of the Delhi School Education Act which bars school from doing so mid sessions without due permission.

"This is a case of serious psychological violence against hundreds of innocent children in the guise of smart class," said the parents in their petition.

According to the parents' plea, when they objected to the school's "illegal" action, the management resorted to discriminate their wards by separating their classes.

Even 41 economically weaker section students were not spared by the school and they were not given access to educomp, the petition added.

Scholarship scam: 2 education dept officials arrested

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