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Police nab eight more over PU paper leak

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April 3, 2012

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Bangalore, April 3: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said on Monday that its investigation into the series of II?Pre-university question paper leaks has revealed the involvement of several government lecturers and employees.


The CID, which arrested 10 people in this connection so far, eight of them on Monday, has traced the leak to a sub-treasury in Kadur taluk in Chikmagalur district. R K Dutta, Director-General, CID, alleged that Munawwar Pasha, 31, a resource teacher at the Kadur Block Resource Centre, and H S Sunil Kumar, 34, a 2nd division clerk at the sub-treasury were the kingpins of the scam.

Elaborating on the manner in which the leak happened, Dutta said:?“Chandrashekar, the Kadur sub-treasury officer, had left the keys of the treasury with Sunil Kumar who conspired with Pasha. Kumar allowed Pasha to enter the strong room on March 14, pull out a copy of the biology paper, take photocopies of it and replace it.”

Similarly, they photocopied the mathematics and physics question papers on the same day, Dutta said.

He charged that Pasha had collected Rs 1.5 lakh from various persons and that he sent these papers to Siddaramaiah, an assistant teacher at Chikmagalur and T Sonnappa, an assistant teacher at Doddakurubarahalli, Bangalore, who had allegedly mailed and faxed it to various people.

Siddaramaiah was arrested by the Chikmagalur police even before the case was entrusted to the CID. And the CID was able to track two sets of people through whom the papers had been in circulation and have arrested the eight people.

The agency has found that the keys to the strong room in the sub-treasury were found, in violation of rules, with Sunil Kumar even on Monday, when he was arrested.

“Not only was he entrusted with the keys when the leaks took place, but even today (Monday) the keys were with him,” a senior CID official said. Sub-treasury officer Chandrashekhar who was responsible for the keys had not offered a good explanation, the official said. The CID has made interim recommendations to the government to prevent such incidents. A full report along with the recommendations will be submitted to the government once the investigation is complete.

The agency is yet to verify if Chandrashekar was only negligent or if he had actually connived with the racketeers. Dutta, indicating that the investigation was not complete, said there could be more than one source of leakage and that more persons could be involved.


Culprits identified

Those arrested on Monday have been identified as Munawwar Pasha, 31, H S Sunil Kumar, 34, T Sonnappa, 37 an assistant teacher, C P Ramesh, 42, G Prahlad, 49, Anil Rahut, 27, Shashidhar, 28 and T Ravikumar, 28.

Yogeshwar, 36, and Siddaramaiah,44, were arrested earlier in Chitradurga and Chikmagalur respectively earlier.


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May 28,2020

Hyderabad, MAY 28: A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Telangana's Medak district was found dead in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The kid's body was retrieved at around 4 am after a nearly 10 hours' long rescue operation involving different agencies, they said.

"He died a while before we evacuated him, most likely due to the mud that covered him from the top sealing off necessary oxygen supply, " Medak District Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepti told PTI.

The boy had accidentally slipped into the 120- feet borewell at around 5 pm on Wednesday in an agricultural field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when he was walking with his grandfather and father, police earlier said.

As part of rescue efforts, a parallel trench was dug along the borewell hole with the help of earth excavating machines and oxygen was supplied into it, but the efforts went in vain as the boy's body was found stuck at a depth of around 25 feet, the police said.

Apart from the police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were also involved in the rescue operation.

The borewell into which the child fell was one among the three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields. But none of them yielded any water, police had said.

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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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June 7,2020

Lucknow, Jun 7: From Anamika Shukla to Anamika Singh and finally Priya. The primary school teacher who was found to be teaching simultaneously in 25 schools, not only has multiple jobs but also multiple identities.

Anamika was arrested on Saturday from Kasganj district when she went to submit her resignation after she was served a show cause notice by the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), Anjali Agarwal.

Agarwal informed the police and Anamika was arrested.

According to the Kasganj BSA, Anamika Shukla, originally a resident of Kaimganj in Farukhabad is currently doing her B.Ed from the Raghukul Degree College in Gonda. Her other documents are also from the same college.

During interrogation, Anamika Shukla said that she was actually Anamika Singh but as questioning proceeded, it turned out that she was Priya from Farrukhabad.

She has been booked for cheating and forgery under IPC sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc.) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating).

According to the police, the woman claimed that she had paid Rs five lakh to a Mainpuri-based man to get this job.

She used Anamika Shukla's credentials to get the job while her real name is Priya, daughter of Mahipal, a resident of the Lakhanpur village of the Kayamganj police circle in Farrukhabad district.

Soron station house officer (SHO) Ripudaman Singh said, "During interrogation, the accused initially claimed to be Anamika Singh, daughter of Subhas Singh. However, her documents are in the name of Anamika Shukla, daughter of Subhas Chandra Shukla."

The accused claimed that she paid the hefty amount to Raj, a Mainpuri-based man for the job and was posted in Faridpur Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) since August 2018.

The police are now trying to zero in on the man who got her the job.

The police also believe that it could be possible that multiple candidates used credentials and 'eligibility' of Anamika Shukla - the real one still remains elusive.

According to the Uttar Pradesh government, five more Anamika Shuklas have been found working in KGBVs in Ambedkar Nagar, Baghpat, Aligarh, Saharanpur and Prayagraj districts. She has reportedly drawn a combined salary of Rs one crore in the past one year.

Teachers in KGBV, a residential setup for girls from weaker sections of the society, are appointed on contract and are paid approximately Rs 30,000 per month. Each block in a district has one Kasturba Gandhi school.

Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi said that the incident was 'shocking' and the police would unravel the entire racket in the case. "No officer, employee who connived with this teacher in providing her job at KGBV and subsequently hiding it, will be spared," he said.

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