Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police today registered a case to identify those allegedly involved in cheating students on the pretext of providing them benefits under Prime Minister's Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS).
"We have formally registered a case with regard to cheating of students by some agencies and NGOs on the pretext of providing them benefits under the centrally sponsored PMSSS. Investigations have been started to bring the culprits to book," a police spokesman said.
He said the Crime Branch had received complaints that a number of students have been cheated and accordingly an inquiry was ordered to investigate the matter.
"During the course of enquiry it surfaced that Union Ministry of Human Resources Development had, in the year 2011-12, granted 5,000 scholarships to the students of Jammu and Kashmir for pursuing studies in various institutions of the country. The scholarship was meant for the students of the state who had passed 10+2 from the J&K Board of School Education and CBSE with annual income of their parents not exceeding Rs 4.5 lakh," he said.
"It further came to fore that some NGOs/consultancies developed nexus with private educational institutions of different states and under the garb of the scheme lured candidates and induced them to deposit huge amounts as security deposits," the spokesman said, adding, the inquiry revealed that the students to whom the admissions were deceitfully granted were not provided any scholarship by MHRD under the scheme.
