The Jammu University Examination Wing employee who was trying to construct a bogus B Ed degree has been attached as a result of the attempt being discovered, and the Establishment Committee has been notified of the situation for further action.
Prof. Umesh Rai, vice chancellor of JU, verified the occurrence and informed media that he had given the go-ahead for an internal Establishment Committee investigation and appropriate action.
Meanwhile, the accused employee, who is a Junior Assistant in Examination Wing of Jammu University, has been attached from his present place of posting in the Degree Section.
Sources said that the matter came to light when a manually prepared B Ed Degree was brought before Controller of Examination Sanjeev Mahajan for his perusal. In scrutiny, vigilant Controller detected that the candidate in whose favour the degree was being prepared, had not gotten through the examination and was in fact declared failed.
The Controller took serious notice of the situation and immediately ordered attachment of the offending employee, Deepak Kumar, from his current place of employment and the suspension of his income. The Controller further forwarded the case to the JU Establishment Committee for additional action.
JU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Umesh Rai stated that he had given the Establishment Committee his approval for an internal investigation into the situation in order to take any further necessary measures. The VC stated that Jammu University will completely collaborate with the investigative body if it took suo-moto cognizance of the situation, even if he disallowed turning the case over to Crime Branch.
