Edu consultancy firm booked for fraud
Srinagar, January 2
The Crime Branch has booked a private consultancy firm for fraudulently arranging the admission of five students in medical colleges in Bangladesh through the South Asian Association of Regional Corporation (SAARC) quota, which deprived the deserving students of admission under the quota.
Crime Branch officials said they had registered a case against the proprietors of the Bridging Minds educational consultancy firm in Kashmir, owned by Shabir Ahmad Qureshi from Qamarwari, Srinagar, and Sageer Ahmad from Nepal, after a written complaint by the parents of aspiring students.
The police said the complainants had submitted the list of selected students in MBBS and BDS courses in colleges of Bangladesh under the SAARC quota along with the fake mark sheets stating therein that some private consultancy agencies operating in and outside Kashmir had manipulated fake and forged documents in respect of their candidates against huge monetary gains.
“During inquiry, the matter was taken up with the Embassy of Bangladesh through the Ministry of External Affairs. Sixtynine forms along with marks sheets were procured by the Ministry of External Affairs from the Bangladesh Government and forwarded to the Crime Branch, Kashmir, for verification,” the officials said, adding that during investigation it surfaced that five candidates were selected on the basis of fake mark sheets and three had actually passed the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education examinations, but have submitted fake mark sheets issued by the Board of Higher Secondary Education Delhi, New Delhi, with higher percentage of marks. — TNS
