Assam CID registers case against Teachers who forged TET Certificate
- Oct 05, 2021,
- Updated Oct 05, 2021, 12:21 AM IST
KOKRAJHAR: CID Assam registered a case against teachers who obtained appointment based on forged TET certificates vide CID P.S. Case No. 10/2021 U/s 120(B) r/w 420,467,468 and 471 IPC on 3rd Oct, 2021 against 36 teachers who have got appointment in the BTR area based on forged and fabricated documents.
These accused have got generated forged TET certificates as if they have qualified the exam and submitted them to the Director of Education, Kokrajhar and got appointment in the schools of BTR.
Based on this information, a detailed enquiry was conducted to verify the genuineness of the allegations.
On the findings the allegations to be true, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam has directed CID Assam to register a case and investigate the same.
Accordingly, this case was registered and special operations were launched in various districts of Assam to trace the accused. Several accused have been brought to CID Headquarters from various districts of Assam for interrogation and verification of documents.
The investigation conducted so far revealed that forged TET certificate were submitted as if the accused has qualified even though the accused has actually failed in the test, in some cases fake roll numbers have been used and in some cases roll numbers of successful candidates were misused by unsuccessful candidates for generating forged certificates.
The candidates have dishonestly and fraudulently obtained appointment letters thereby causing long term impact on the State’s Education system which will adversely impact the careers of several innocent students.
To curb this menace and to clear this system, the Hon’ble Chief Minister has given clear instructions to register a case and investigate the allegations.
The investigation is continuing and a Special Investigation Team of CID has been formed for this purpose.
The arrested accused are being produced before the Court after medical examination and police custody is being sought. Investigation to unearth such organized syndicates, if any, operating in various regions of the State of Assam in under progress.