INDORE: The case of alleged fraud in providing recognition to nine private schools has taken a new turn with contractual programmer of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan , who had earlier ‘confessed’ to committing the fraud, now claiming that he had done so at the behest of two block resource coordinators (BRCs).After Zila Panchayat CEO, Neha Meena , had launched a probe into the case that had surfaced a month ago, contractual programmer Dhirendra Parihar was summoned on Thursday to record his statement.“In his written statement, Parihar has confessed to sending the letter (of approving the recognition to nine schools) under pressure of two BRCs,” Meena told TOI.“We have now decided to summon both officials to seek their clarification on the allegations,” the CEO said.Zila Panchayat officials also said that they have not received any response from local police, crime branch or cyber cell about launching a probe and filing a case in the matter so far. “We had written to the police to investigate the matter twice in last month. Their response is awaited” Meena said.In a written complaint sent SP, Cyber Cell around a month ago, Zila Panchayat officials had said that nine private schools had been provided online recognition between October 3, 2018 and November 24, 2018 through fraudulent means. Of these schools, BRCs had sent their recommendations only for five schools while remaining four private schools had got the recognition sans BRCs recommendation. One school had not even furnished required documents to obtain the recognition. In the case, misuse of DEO’s digital signature has been alleged.

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