Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sep 21: The CBI has charged the principal of the Kendriya Vidyalaya in Waltair with admitting 193 ineligible students on the basis of fake service credentials that were reportedly given by several Central government offices in exchange for bribes from the parents of the applicants, according to sources.
In relation to the admission of 124 ineligible students during the academic year 2022–23 and 69 such students for 2021–22, they stated that the CBI had filed two FIRs against Principal S Sreenivasa Raja.
Raja colluded with the parents of ineligible students to grant them admission into different classes without checking their applications or service certificates. Raja also allegedly received undue financial advantage through UPI to his bank accounts with the State Bank of India and the Union Bank of India, according to the agency.
The irregularities were found by the CBI during a combined surprise inspection carried out by its Visakhapatnam unit at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Waltair on May 3 and 4, this year, in order to verify the admissions provided by Raja for 2022–2023.
“Raja conspired with parents of ineligible students and provided admissions to ineligible students of various classes…and received a pecuniary advantage in lieu of providing the admissions,” the FIR said.
After receiving approval from the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan commissioner, the action against Raja was started.
