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Former Chairman Peer, broker Bhat get 5 years in jail, heavy fine Infamous BOPEE Scam 4/25/2018 10:54:57 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 25: Mushtaq Ahmad Peer, the former chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) who allegedly engineered the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2012 scam has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined Rs 1 crore while as the broker Sajad Ahmad Bhat has also been awarded five years jail and Rs 50 lakh fine by a trial court. A lawyer associated with the case said that accused including Peer were present in the court when special judge anti-corruption announced the verdict. He said besides BOPEE chairman and the broker, the anti-corruption court convicted 43 persons while seven persons were acquitted . The beneficiary students have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment, he added. Peer was arrested on 23rd November 2014 by the crime branch after the investigation revealed that he had sold the CET-2012 papers along with answer keys for Rs 60 lakhs. Peer was charge-sheeted along with more than fifty other persons in the case under FIR 24/2013 under sections 420, 120B RPC, 5(2) d r/w (5(2) PC Act) registered at Police Station Crime Branch, which included beneficiary students and parents besides the brokers. The government has insisted that Peer was sole custodian and trustee of the question papers for CET-2012. It said that he was found to have abused his official position by selling question papers along with answer key prior to examination and conferred the undue benefit upon the beneficiaries, resulting in the selection of undeserving candidates for MBBS. Many witnesses have been examined by the court. The high court granted bail to Peer on 24th May last year. The high court and the trial court had earlier rejected several bail applications by Peer given the gravity and seriousness of the offense committed by him. He had also withdrawn appeal before Supreme Court against the rejection of his application by the high court.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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