Former UP education board director booked

Gangster Act aginst director, nine others in connection irregularities in state TET

PTI | February 27, 2012



A former director of the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board and nine others have been booked under the Gangster Act in connection with alleged irregularities in the state Teachers Eligibility Test.

The case was registered against the former director, Sanjay Mohan, who was arrested in Lucknow on February 7, and nine others at Akbarpur police station, police said.

Sanjay was arrested after Ramabai Nagar district police had apprehended several youths who were bringing cash to the director for payment as a bribe for passing the TET.

More that one lakh students had appeared in the TET online exams in the state in November last.

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