The Mumbai police arrested two workers members of KJ Somaiya School in Vidyavihar and one other individual on Monday for allegedly working a cash-for-admission racket throughout three faculties of Somaiya Vidyavihar College with the assistance of three outsiders.
In accordance with a criticism lodged by Dr Kishan Pawar, principal of KJ Somaiya School of Arts and Commerce, the accused fraudulently facilitated admissions for 50 college students utilizing bogus and duplicate mark sheets and school-leaving certificates.
The admission fraud was detected in three faculties below Somaiya Vidyavihar College: KJ Somaiya School of Arts and Commerce, KJ Somaiya School of Science and Commerce, and SK Somaiya Vinay Mandir Junior School.
The arrested individuals are Mahendra Vishnu Patil, 49; Arjun Vasaram Rathod, 43; and Devendra Sayade, 55. Patil serves as a clerk at SK Somaiya Vinay Mandir Junior School, whereas Rathod is a clerk at KJ Somaiya School of Arts and Commerce.
Navnath Dhavale, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 6, informed The Indian Categorical, “The school administration found the fraudulent practices within the admission course of and filed a criticism with us. After due verification, we registered an FIR and arrested three individuals.”
Three different suspects within the racket—Kamlesh Bhai, Jitu Bhai, and Babu Bhai—are at the moment wished, and the police are in search of them. The accused ready bogus paperwork to make college students eligible for admission, in line with the police.
The racket facilitated admissions for 50 college students, largely from boards equivalent to CBSE, IB, ICSE, and IGCSE. The number of these boards was strategic, as their information is manually entered throughout the on-line admission course of, in contrast to within the case of state boards, the place information is mechanically sourced from the system, a police supply mentioned.
In accordance with the criticism, the fraudulent actions had been happening since June. The accused would establish college students whose names weren’t chosen within the three benefit lists and speak to them and their mother and father, providing assured admission in change for a considerable price. “The accused claimed they have been offering admission via a ‘administration quota’ and would settle for cost solely after the admission was secured,” the police supply mentioned.
For the 2024-25 educational 12 months, admissions for Class 11 concluded on September 25, 2024.
Somaiya Vidyavihar College mentioned in an announcement, “SK Somaiya Vinay Mandir Secondary and Junior School, KJ Somaiya School of Science & Commerce, and KJ Somaiya School of Arts and Commerce found inconsistencies in sure admission paperwork throughout a routine evaluation. Upon confirming the discrepancies, we promptly reported the matter to the related authorities. With the assist of the Directorate of Schooling, we have now taken swift motion to cancel these solid admissions.”
Rip-off surfaces throughout scrutiny of mark sheets
The rip-off got here to gentle throughout the verification of mark sheets and leaving certificates for Class 11 admissions for 2024-25. After it was found that some college students had submitted bogus and duplicate paperwork, Dr Pawar established a scrutiny committee to look at the papers of scholars from boards aside from the state board.
“Throughout the scrutiny, the committee discovered that 24 college students had gained admission to Class 11 at KJ Somaiya School of Arts and Commerce utilizing bogus class 10 mark sheets and fraudulent leaving certificates,” the FIR acknowledged.
Equally, 17 college students fraudulently secured admissions at SK Somaiya Vinay Mandir Secondary Faculty and Junior School, whereas 9 college students obtained admissions at KJ Somaiya School of Science and Commerce, in line with the FIR.
Within the title of ‘administration quota’
When confronted by the faculty administration, the mother and father of those college students mentioned the accused—Mahendra Patil, Arjun Rathod, Kamlesh Bhai, Jitu Bhai, and Babu Bhai—had provided admissions within the “administration quota” for a price.
The police mentioned the accused charged round Rs 3 lakh for every admission, exploiting weaknesses within the on-line admission system for college kids from different boards.
“The accused would maintain the system-generated login ID and password, permitting them to add bogus mark sheets and leaving certificates on the portal https://mumbai.11thadmission.org.in/ and safe admissions,” Dr Pawar mentioned in his police assertion.
“We suspect that the accused might have facilitated fraudulent admissions for different college students previously as effectively, and we’ll examine the matter totally. Such malpractices trigger injustice to deserving college students,” DCP Dhavale mentioned.
Dr Pawar didn’t reply to telephone calls made by The Indian Categorical.
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