26 students miss class X boards: Ludhiana school director, owner booked for cheating

The FIR was registered against school director Paramjit Kaur and owner cum president Navdeep Singh, who according to police, did not join the investigations despite multiple summons.

The case was registered on the statement of one Tamannapreet Kaur of Kaunke Khurd village and her classmates and their parents who told police that the school took tuition fee of Rs 1200 per month from them. Further, they claimed that the school also took Rs 1600 from each student claiming that it was board fee to register for exams but they were never issued admit cards. The FIR was registered under Sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 120-B (conspiracy) of IPC at Jagraon Sadar police station on Saturday after students blocked Jagraon-Moga road alleging police inaction. Students said that their one previous year has been wasted due to the school’s negligence.

Despite the intervention of Jagraon MLA Sarvjit Kaur Manuke, the PSEB said that it was not possible to allow students to sit for exams as per rules, as the school was bound to register them and pay fee within the deadline. Moreover, according to PSEB the school was no longer “recognised” with the board as it did not even pay its “continuation fee” for two years.