Bhubaneswar, April 20: The crime branch today began its investigation into the manipulation of Plus Two science examination results of 2010.

The results had come under the scanner after a Cuttack-based private self-financing institute fared better than the premier state-run colleges.

Following this, the higher education department, on April 13, had entrusted the crime branch to probe the matter. Even premier institutes such as BJB College and Ravenshaw Junior College had put up an unimpressive performance and there were allegations of manipulation from various quarters.

The crime branch has registered an FIR under Section 420/12 IPC and Section 9 of Orissa Conduct of Exams Act. Deputy superintendent of police, S.K. Rath, has been made the chief investigating officer in this case. He is being assisted by two more inspectors in the investigation. IPS S. Bala is supervising the case.

“Anyone with any knowledge about the matter has been requested to provide the information to the crime branch on 0671-2304341 and 9437048899,’ an official communication from the CB said.

Of the top 10 scorers, eight were from Kalinga Bharati Residential College (KBR) in Cuttack, including the topper. Out of the three students who came second, two were from KBR College.While BJB College managed to secure third rank, Ravenshaw Junior College only managed to secure 15th place. The poor performance of government colleges drew criticism from all quarters. Private colleges continued to attribute their success to good study atmosphere, special attention, residential facilities, regular exams and personal care of students.

The then higher education secretary, Madhusudhan Padhi, had directed the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) to probe any irregularity that may have taken place. The government wanted an inquiry into why colleges such as BJB and Ravenshaw, where standard of intake is very high, did not achieve good results.

CHSE authorities, however, apparently failed to come up with satisfactory reports stating ‘lack of evidence’.

Following this, the DHE had approached the government for a crime branch probe and obtained clearance.

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Bhubaneswar, April 20: The crime branch today began its investigation into manipulation of the +2 science examination results of 2010. The results had come under the scanner after a Cuttack based private self-financing institute fared better than the premier state-run colleges.

Following this , the higher education department on April 13 had entrusted the crime branch to probe the case. Even premier institutes such as BJB College and Ravenshaw Junior College had put up an unimpressive performance and there were allegations of manipulation from many quarters.

Meanwhile, the crime branch has registered an FIR under section 420/12 IPC and section 9 of Orissa conduct of exams act . Deputy superintendent of Police S K Rath has been made the chief investigating officer in this case and is being assisted by two more inspectors for investigation. IPS S Bala is supervising the case .

“Anyone having any knowledge about the matter have been requested to provide the information to the crime branch on 0671-2304341 and 9437048899,’ an official communication from the CB said.

Of the top 10 scorers, eight were from Kalinga Bharati Residential College (KBR) in Cuttack, including the topper. Out of the three students who came second, two were from KBR College.

While BJB College had managed to secure the third rank, Ravenshaw Junior College only managed to secure 15th place. The poor performance of government colleges drew criticism from all quarters.

Meanwhile the private colleges continued to attributed their success to good study atmosphere, special attention, residential facilities, regular exams and personal care of students.

The then higher education secretary, Madhusudhan Padhi, had directed the council of higher secondary education (CHSE) to probe any irregularity that may have taken place. The government wanted an inquiry into why colleges such as BJB and Ravenshaw, where standard of intake is very high, did not achieve good results.

The CHSE authorities, however, apparently failed to come up with satisfactory reports stating ‘lack of evidence’

Following this the DHE had approached the government for a crime branch probe and obtained the clearance.