CBI registers FIR in NET answer-sheet scam
CBI registers FIR in NET Answer-sheet scam The fate of 7.94 lakh aspirants, who appeared in the National Eligibility Test (NET) this year, seemed to be hanging in the balance as the private firm which was given contract to scan the answer-sheets had not been able to complete the work, prompting the CBI to file an FIR against it. In its FIR, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Director (IT) of the CBSE Antriksh Johri, Kapil Soorma, the representative of Venus Digital Service, and Venus Digital Service, besides some other unidentified officials of the CBSE, agency sources said. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted NET, a qualifying exam for recruitment of college and university teachers and for award of Junior Research Fellowship, on January 22 at total 500 centres across the country. A team of CBI officials visited the CBSE headquarter today to collect some documents yesterday, the sources said. The contract to scan answer-sheets of students at...