Hazaribagh, Aug. 24: A team of officials today handed over a report to deputy commissioner Rahul Purwar after conducting an inquiry into the alleged admission scam at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bonga.

The report, while confirming the irregularities, has not nailed anyone for the offences.

The irregularities in admission had come to light last month and questions were raised about the role of education officials in the scam.

It was found that some of the selected students did not come from government institutions, the most important criterion for admission into Navodaya schools. Sources said the documents were tampered to show that the successful candidates were former students of government primary schools.

The probe team included subdivisional officer Sudarshan Prasad Singh, deputy superintendent of education Neelam Iylin Toppo, district education officer Rajendra Prasad and the block development officer of Ichaak.

Curiously, the education officer was himself an accused in the scam.

That, however, did not come in the way of his inclusion in the probe team.

A former block extension education officer, Shailendra Kumar, had sent a 42-page letter to the director of primary education alleging that Prasad was directly involved in the admission scam.

Kumar wrote that the education officer exerted pressure on him to tamper with the documents and settle the matter. The former, who has been transferred to Dumka, also alleged that Prasad wanted him suspended for no concrete reason.

The report said the admission of 80 students of the Navodaya school was checked during the inquiry. Irregularities were found in 30 cases.

Toppo, said sources, has reportedly told the deputy commissioner that she was sidelined during the investigation and was even forced to sign the report.

Disappointed with the outcome of the investigation, sources who had raised their voices against the irregularities dismissed the report as an ?eyewash?.