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CBI files FIR against CBSE officials in NET scam

  New Delhi [India] May 27 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against Director (IT) of the CBSE Antriksh Johri, the representative of Venus Digital Service and Venus Digital Service, Kapil Soorma, besides some other unidentified officials of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in connection with the National Eligibility Test (NET) scam New Delhi [India] May 27 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against Director (IT) of the CBSE Antriksh Johri, the representative of Venus Digital Service and Venus Digital Service, Kapil Soorma, besides some other unidentified officials of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in connection with the National Eligibility Test (NET) scam. The FIR has been made on the allegation that the NET this year seemed to be hanging in the balance, as the private firm which was given contract to scan the answer-sheets had not been able to complete the work, prompting the CBI to file an ...

Senior CBSE Official Charged By CBI For Corruption,Future Of NET Candidates At Risk

  The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against a senior official of CBSE – Antriksh Johri, Kapil Soorma, the representative of Venus Digital Service and Venus Digital Service (Karol Bagh) along with some other unidentified officials of CBSE for alleged corruption, criminal conspiracy and criminal misconduct. The future of 7.94 lakh aspirants who appeared in NET this year is at risk as the private firm who was given contract to scan the answersheets had not been able to complete the work. The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts a no. of examinations throughout the year and NET is one amongst them. This year it was conducted on January 22 at total 500 centres across the country and the contract to scan the answersheets of some examination centres was given to Venus Digital Service. The work for 412 centres in 18 cities was given at the rate of Rs 25000 per centre to the company, which CBI says was done without any tender and rates were arbitrary. It w...

CBI registers FIR in NET answer-sheet scam

  New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) The fate of 7.94 lakh aspirants, who appeared in the National Eligibility Test (NET) this year, seemed to be hanging in the balance as the private firm which was given contract to scan the answer-sheets had not been able to complete the work, prompting the CBI to file an FIR against it. In its FIR, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Director (IT) of the CBSE Antriksh Johri, Kapil Soorma, the representative of Venus Digital Service, and Venus Digital Service, besides some other unidentified officials of the CBSE, agency sources said. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted NET, a qualifying exam for recruitment of college and university teachers and for award of Junior Research Fellowship, on January 22 at total 500 centres across the country. A team of CBI officials visited the CBSE headquarter today to collect some documents yesterday, the sources said. The contract to scan answer-sheets of students at some of the examin...