The Principal of BJB Autonomous College in Bhubaneswar has lodged FIRs against as many as eight students for furnishing fake disability certificates to get admission into the college.
According to reports, the illegal act of the students came to forefront after college principal Niranjan Rath discovered some discrepancies in the documents of the students. Later he conducted a probe and found that the eight students had submitted forged disability documents during their admission.
The Badagada police launched an investigation into the matter after the college authorities lodged complaints against the defaulters.
The BJB College administration are also examining the involvement of other students on submitting fake disability certificates to get admission into the college.
Earlier on January 22, the Odisha Higher Education Department had instructed the principals of all colleges across the State to lodge FIR at the local police station against students who have submitted fake disability papers to get admission.
The Higher Education Department Secretary, Saswat Mishra had shot a letter to the Principals of all government and private colleges instructing them to scrutinise disability certificates submitted by candidates during admissions.
The State government had also directed the principals to get the disability certificates verified by the Chief District Medical Officers (CDMO) of their respective districts. This apart, the heads of the educational institutions have also been warned to take stringent action against like invalidating the candidature of students found to have submitted forged documents to get admission.