Ex-registrar of nursing council held

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 3
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Charanjit Kaur Cheema, former registrar, Punjab Nursing Registration Council (PNRC), and Dr Arvinderveer Singh Gill, a resident of Basant Vihar, Hoshiarpur.
An official spokesperson of the VB said during investigation of a fraud in the admissions and examinations, it was found that the KD College of Nursing, Mahilpur, had got recognition from the Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi, on September 25, 2019, and from the PNRC on November 11, 2012, whereas much before the recognition of this college, the admission forms and receipt numbers were found to be issued by the PNRC, Mohali.
The admission forms pertaining to five roll numbers were received from this college but these forms/roll numbers were originally issued to the Princeton Institute of Nursing, Gurdaspur, by the PNRC. A fake admission list of these five students was prepared much before the college was recognised in October 2012. On the basis of this admission list, a cut-off list regarding these roll numbers was issued.
The VB registered a case on August 2 against the duo under Sections 409, 420, 465, 467, 471, 201 and 120-B of the IPC and Section 13 (1) & 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the VB Police Station, Jalandhar range.