PUNE: The investigation so far into the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2019 was held in January 2020 have revealed that the marks of candidates 7,800-odd, which either failed or are not safe enough score, manipulated exchange for money to certify they are eligible for the work of teachers in state agencies Pune police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said on Friday.
“Our investigation continues and we expect more arrests in the days ahead.
We also forwarding a preliminary report to the state government detailing the findings of our investigation so far, “Gupta told reporters when asked about the financial implications of the alleged irregularities.
A senior police officer associated with the investigation told TOI that during their investigation, they have recovered the hard disk of the computer of Pritish Deshmukh, director of GA Software Company.
“In that case, we found a real sign that the candidate has acquired and we verified marks of each candidate with the results posted on the government website.
That is how we came to know about the manipulation of marks of 7,800 candidates, “he added.
sign several candidates who changed the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR), while some of them immediately got a pass certificate.
The clerk said, “Now, we verify how many out of the 7,800 in service.
Based on our findings, we will make recommendations to the government in the next few days.
So far, we have established that captured the money gets accused of candidates are in the range of Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh to clear the examination.
” Police also verified more documents and electronic evidence that they have been recovered from the accused and establish a role more people in this regard.
“We will soon make more arrests,” added the police officer.
fraud back to 2018 that involves other people.
Cyber ​​crime branch of Pune police have also arrested a former commissioner MSCE Dere Sukhdeo of Sangamner in December 2021.
They also arrested Ashwin Kumar, a former manager with GA Software Company, from Bengaluru on charges of secretly with six others to change the sign of some candidates for teacher Eligibility Test (TET) -2018, to secure the illegal gratification.
The test was held on 15 July 2018 and the final results were declared online on October 12, 2018.
A separate FIR for cheating and forgery offense in relation to the 2018 malpractice has been registered with the cyber police, Gupta had then said.
FIR also named Supe, Deshmukh and four other people.