CB charge-sheets 15 in ETT scam

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: In the infamous Elementary Teachers Training Scam, Crime Branch Kashmir presented charge sheet against 15 accused persons before the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption.
The charge sheet has been presented under FIR Number 27/2013 under Sections 420, 468, 467, 471, 120-B RPC r/w 5 (2) PC Act registered with police station Crime Branch Kashmir.
The case was registered after the receipt of communication alongwith enquiry report of Joint Secretary BOSE Srinagar. The report inter alia revealed that Elementary Teachers Training Courses conducted by ETT Colleges is a huge scandal where crores of rupees were exchanged as bribe. Various candidates were lured and a huge amount ranging from 45000 to 80000 was received from them for conduct of said course.
The investigation also revealed that the BOSE officials had granted affiliation to the institutes in gross violation of norms as they had neither applied for No Objection Certificates nor the NOCs were renewed. Various BOSE officials had wilfully and dishonestly concealed the fact that the ETT institutes did not possess any renewed documents from the Government which would have authorized them to run ETT courses.