Education scam
SHILLONG: The burden of seeking the seized documents related to the infamous Education scam has, once again, fallen on the shoulders of the Meghalaya Police after the High Court of Meghalaya directed the State police to file a petition to get the necessary papers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Recently, the State Police had claimed that the CBI was yet to hand over the seized documents related to the Education scam.
However, a source close to the CBI said that after the verdict of the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in July this year asking the CBI to hand over the necessary papers to the police, the CBI had filed a petition in the Court.
The source added that the petition was filed by the CBI since it had begun investigation into the Education scam as per the directive of the High Court.
“Since the probe was ordered by the High Court, it was felt necessary to seek the intervention of the Court before handing over the seized papers related to the Education scam to the Meghalaya Police,” the source added.
In this context, the State Police will now have to file a petition before the High Court to obtain the necessary papers from the CBI to start the investigation.
Astonishingly, there has been inordinate delay in taking action against those named by the CBI in its report on the Education scam.
The 107-page report of the CBI had said, “It was felt necessary to examine J.D. Sangma, the then Director DEME.
“In course of his examination by the CBI, Sangma has stated that under the instruction of the then Minister of Education – Ampareen Lyngdoh – he had to change the score sheets as prepared by all the five boards duly applying white fluid on the original marks, as awarded by the members of the Board. Sangma also handed over a file containing the list received by the said Minister from different persons/ MLAs/ Ministers recommending the names of their own candidates for selection as teacher in LP schools in Meghalaya.”