Lucknow, May 18: The Madhya Pradesh government has accepted all recommendations made by a committee that probed the ‘sex-for-marks’ scandal in Jabalpur’s NSCB Medical College.
A First Year student had blown the lid off the scandal in February this year when she alleged that her senior and hostel-mate had asked her to sleep with certain persons if she wanted to clear the subjects in which she had failed.
A committee headed by former vice-chancellor of Rewa University Prof A D N Vajpai submitted its report to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday.
Chouhan called a meeting of senior officials on Monday and said strict action would be taken against officers, employees and teachers of the Jabalpur Medical College who have been prima facie found involved in criminal activities. Their cases would be handed over to the police for further investigation.
The 46-page report filed by the committee has confirmed the allegations levelled by Sandhu Arya, a First Year student who has since been transferred to Gwalior’s Medical College to save her from possible victimisation.
In the first action after the report was submitted, the Finance Officer of Rani Durgavati University, to which the college is affiliated, has been transferred.
The report has found over a dozen persons guilty, including Examination Controller S S Rana, and officials of the re-evaluation and confidential sections of the university.
Failed students could clear the examination by simply applying for re-evaluation. Irrespective of how they performed they were guaranteed required marks to clear the papers.
Arya had accused her senior Prerna Atwal of forcing her to sleep with Raju Khan, a contractor and former student leader. Khan, also behind bars, had been given a contract to build a hostel, and had been reportedly paid Rs 55 lakh for construction worth Rs 35 lakh. The former student leader, once associated with NSUI, enjoyed much clout in the college and the examination section of the university.
The government has asked the Chief Technical Inspector of the Public Works Department to probe the irregularities committed in construction works of the Jabalpur University.
Prof of Department of Ophthalmology Dr Meeta Shrivastava has already been suspended. She will be served a chargesheet for being negligent in her duty as a warden. The state government has requested the Governor, who is the Chancellor of universities, to immediately take disciplinary action against the teachers, officers and employees named in the report.
–Agencies–