Three booked in Ayush university paper leak case

Ambala, July 30

More than 2.5 years after a paper of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) of Shri Krishna Ayush University was leaked, the state Vigilance Bureau, Ambala, has booked three persons, including two former employees of the university.

The university had to cancel its exam of ‘Padartha Vigyan’, following the report of the paper leak just four hours before the exam on January 16, 2020. The bureau has booked a former computer operator, a former water carrier and a student.

The case was registered on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Subey Singh. As per the complaint, there were allegations that the paper was leaked and sold to students for Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000. The university authorities had cancelled the first-year paper, but no police complaint was made and just a committee was formed at the university level to investigate the matter just to hush it up.

During the investigation, it was found that the university had issued a date sheet for seven papers to be held from January 16 to 31, 2020. The accused student, a resident of Hisar, had taken admission in the National College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hisar, in 2018 with five subjects — Padartha Vigyan, Rachna Vigyan, Kriya Shareer, Ashtang Hridya and Sanskrit — and he got “re-appear” in all subjects in 2019.

He contacted his neighbour, a clerk at the office of District Ayurvedic Officer, Hisar, who had worked as water carrier in the university from 2008 to 2019. The clerk assured the student that his acquaintance was posted as a computer operator at the university and he would arrange the exam papers through him. The question paper of all subjects were given to the student saying that he could make the payment later.

On January 13, the student allegedly gave important questions from the paper of Padartha Vigyan to other students and collected money from them to give the same to the clerk, but on January 16, the paper got cancelled after reports surfaced that the paper had been leaked. As per the complaint, the student again contacted the clerk after the paper got leaked and the latter assured him that he need not worry as other papers were yet to be conducted. He asked the student to send the money. The student sent Rs 10,000 through his friend’s Paytm account. The case has been registered against the clerk, former computer operator and the student under Sections 43 and 66 of the IT Act, 120-B, 201, 409 and 420 of the IPC and relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act. Investigation is under way.

Investigating officer, Vigilance Bureau, Kurukshetra Unit, Inspector Joginder Singh said a case had been registered and investigation had been started.

Exam was cancelled in 2020

• The Ayush University had to cancel its exam of ‘Padartha Vigyan’, following the report of paper leak just four hours before the exam on January 16, 2020.
• The Vigilance Bureau has booked a former computer operator, a former water carrier and a student in the case.