YAVATMAL, APRIL 6: Five teachers including the headmaster of Chichghat-based government-run ashramshala have been suspended for dereliction of duty by Tribal Commissioner (Amravati Division) Narasimhalu recently.It was alleged that the teachers failed in noticing the fact that some other person had appeared at the March, 1999, SSC examination in place of one of the examinees at the ashramshala exam centre.The incident came to light when the person who was appearing at the SSC exam instead of the real candidate met with an accident while returning from the exam centre. His kin were anxious to know as to why he (the person) had gone to the SSC centre when he had already appeared at the SSC exam and passed it.The road mishap took place on Talegaon-Chichghat diversion on March 12 last in which in two scooterists died on the spot while the third - Nilesh Shivmurti Tripathi - sustained grievous injuries. Names of the deceased were given as Ashok Kapake (40) and Amol Charmode (17).Nineteen-year-old Nilesh was rushed to the Govt Medical College (GMC), Nagpur, for treatment. The youth reportedly became physically disabled.Yavatmal rural police had registered an offence against the driver of the Matador that knocked the scooter.Inquiries revealed that a Zilla Parishad member, who is non-matriculate, had filed an application to the State Education Board's Amravati divisional office for appearing at the SSC exam which started from March 11 last. The board had permitted the 48-year-old ZP member to appear for the SSC exam and Chichghat ashramshala was allotted to him as the exam centre. Roll No of the ZP member was 132498.SSC exam began and the ZP member allegedly struck a deal with Nilesh to appear at the exam on behalf of him. Nilesh was sent to the centre on March 11 and he wrote Marathi language paper for the ZP member.On second day (March 12), Nilesh, Ashok Kapade and Amol Charmode went to the centre on a scooter belonging to the real candidate. Nilesh could appearfor the science (paper-I) despite some resistance from the invigilator present in that particular room.After writing the paper, Nilesh, Ashok, and Amol were returning to Yavatmal on the scooter when the mishap occurred. Ashok and Amol died on the spot while Nilesh received grievous injuries.As Nilesh's parents were anxious to know as to why he had gone to the ashramshala, they met the officials concerned to follow up the matter. A probe was ordered into the case and Tribal Project officer of Pandharkawda Rajendrasingh Jadhav was appointed to conduct the enquiry.He found five teachers including headmaster of the ashramshala guilty of dereliction of their duty and submitted a report to the Tribal Commissioner, who, on receipt of the report, ordered suspension of the five teachers.
