CBI REGISTERS A CASE AGAINST PRINCIPAL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY & OTHERS, AND CONDUCTS SEARCHES

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case U/s 120-B, 420, 465, 471 of IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of P.C. Act, 1988 against Principal, National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune (Maharashtra); a Professor (Political Science), NDA; an Associate Professor (Chemistry), NDA; another Associate Professor (Mathematics), NDA and Head of Department (HOD), Chemistry, NDA and unknown others including certain officials.

It was alleged that certain faculty members of NDA entered into conspiracy with unknown officials including UPSC & HQ-IDS(Ministry of Defence) and in pursuance thereof, got selected & appointed in different posts of teaching faculty in NDA without possessing mandatory teaching/research experience as prescribed by UPSC and as required by Ministry of Defence, on the basis of forged & false certificates indicating their service/teaching experience and exaggerated Academic Performance Indicator (API) score. It was further alleged that the exaggerated API score sheets of Professor & Associate Professor were certified and forwarded to UPSC by some faculty members of NDA.

Searches are being conducted today at the premises including office & residential of accused which led to the recovery of incriminating documents.

Sources – ABI News,