CBI awaits trial against Ampareen, other officials

SHILLONG: The CBI, which recently filed its charge sheet against former Education Minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh and two others for the Education scam, is waiting for the court to resume trial.
A CBI official said on Thursday that the trial process has already started as the agency had filed the charge sheet and submitted all the documents before the special court.
“Now, the ball is in the special court,” the CBI official said.
According to the official, may be due to the situation arising out of COVID-19, the court did not take up the matter till now.
Earlier this year, the CBI had written to the state government seeking approval for prosecution against the accused persons and it was granted recently by the Governor and other competent authorities.
The High Court of Meghalaya had on November 2, 2016 ordered the CBI to probe the criminal aspect of the education scam as the police had delayed the investigation.
The task was to investigate the alleged manipulation of score sheets and interference in the selection of assistant teachers in lower primary schools in the state in 2008-09.
Based on the order of the court, the CBI had registered an FIR under various sections related to criminal conspiracy, forgery and criminal breach of trust against the accused.
The allegation against Ampareen was that she had instructed former education official JD Sangma and two of her supporters to tamper with and forge the score sheets by applying white fluid.