Nellore, March 29: Lack of coordination between the officials of the Education Department and the Police Department has led to the latter writing to the SSC Board officials seeking the original answer script in connection with the investigation pertaining to a case of impersonation in the class X public examination.
Chief invigilator Y. Narasimha Raju Sharma of Government Veda and Sanskrit High School, Mulapeta, had caught a second year engineering student Md. Yaseen Nazam while he was writing the SSC Telugu Paper-I on behalf of the original student, Shaik Kaleem, on March 24.
The police officials said that according to the procedure followed while investigating an impersonation case, they should have the original answer script. However, the Education Department officials said according to the norms they need to send the original answer script to the SSC Board officials for further action.
The government had imparted training to the invigilators and had explained the procedure to be followed in cases pertaining to malpractice and impersonation. They were also given a booklet listing the do’s and don’ts.
Mr. Sharma, the invigilator, had given the photocopy of the answer sheet reportedly written by Yaseen Nazam, to the police. However, the police said the original answer sheet was necessary for further investigation and had sought the same from the SSC Board.
Speaking to The Hindu the chief invigilator said, according to the directions of the District Education Officer, the original answer sheet of Shaik Kaleem, was sent to the Director General of Examinations (DGE), Hyderabad, immediately after the examination.
“We drafted a covering letter mentioning ‘Impersonation Case’ and attached it to the original answer sheet, and posted it to the DGE with signatures of Departmental Officer and Chief Superintendent concerned. But, neither the invigilator nor the accused (booked students) signed on the answer paper,” Mr. Sharma said. Nellore Town DSP G.R.Radhika, who is supervising the case, said the One Town police were writing to the SSC Board for the original answer sheet.
–Agencies