CBI books Kendriya Vidyalaya principal in Visakhapatnam for admitting students with fake certificates
The agency has alleged that the principal conspired with the parents of ineligible students to provide admission and received undue pecuniary advantage to his bank accounts
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Visakhapatnam for allegedly admitting 193 ineligible students. Fake certificates issued by various Central Government departments were submitted to the school and bribes were collected from parents.
The CBI has registered two FIRs against Principal S Sreenivasa Raja pertaining to admission of 124 ineligible students during 2022-23 academic year and 69 such students for 2021-22.
The agency has alleged that Raja conspired with the parents of ineligible students and provided admission to them into various classes without verifying the applications and service certificates and received undue pecuniary advantage to his bank accounts with the State Bank of India and the Union Bank of India through UPI mode.
The irregularities were detected by the CBI during a joint surprise check conducted by its Visakhapatnam unit in Andhra Pradesh on May 3 and 4, 2023, at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Waltair, in order to verify the admissions provided by Raja for 2022-23.