Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) would conduct an inquiry into the appointment of teachers on the basis of forged degrees in the Government-run schools. On the direction of the State Education Minister Arvind Pandey, the State administration has directed the State police to probe the matter.
Informing this, the State Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Ram Singh Meena said on Thursday that the Additional SP, CB-CID Sweta Choubey has been tasked with conducting the probe. Earlier, Pandey had said that action would be taken against the teachers to be found to have procured jobs on the basis of forged documents.
Taking a strong note of the malpractice being allegedly resorted to by some teachers, Pandey had shot off a letter to the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, suggesting a CBI inquiry into the issue. later, the minister had announced that a district level committee headed by the respective district magistrates would check the educational qualification certificates and other documents submitted by the teachers so as to identify those who procured the jobs with fake documents. He had further warned that the officials tasked with the matter would be held accountable.