Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Bribery alleged in Ccpur women police service recruitment

Lamka, Sep 23: Strong allegations of bribery which is depriving meritorious candidates of selection in the women’s police recruitment at the 2nd MR campus has surfaced amongst those vying for the jobs.

Not even the first phase of the fixed recruitment for state women police are over but scribes of the state have enough to write about on the faulty practices and corruption at high places.

The complaints said most qualified and deserved candidates here could not even enter the campus without paying Rs. 8000 to Rs. 10000 to appear for the physical efficiency test for entry as women constable.

The current recruitment rally is supposedly closely monitored by battalion authorities but there are so many role players like a certain “madam” whom all know through closed door dealing and one woman police of the Imphal east police.

The poor with no money to pay off are left behind even as they have high potential and have qualified in all the tests (PET).

According to Biak, who is a Class xi student and trying for the post in all items of test like shot put, long jump, high jump, 100 mt race and others she qualified in the excellent category.

But the big question came afterwards when she was asked to pay Rs. 15000 without which she would not be included in the selected list, she said to IFP adding other unqualified candidates paid money to the two women at the spot.

Which is why they were selected and she was not, though she deserved to be, she said.

Another girl candidate named Lun who was very angry when IFP spoke to her, said yesterday upto 150 serial numbers went very smoothly and afterwards they were made to enter in large numbers out of which only some were chosen and picked for they had paid money to the concerned officials.

She further said that she was asked to pay money but she did not have anything to give, and as a result she did not get a chance to appear for the efficiency test.

A girl named Chingboi said that she finished all tests with a good record but was not selected, while some others who could not even lift the shot put nor run the 100 mt race were selected.

There were more than 600 candidates from Churachandpur but very few were selected. This was not due to paucity of suitable candidates but because the head women police were involved in making secret dealings in collusion with some officials.

Taking bribes is not uncommon in the state but at the stage of PET it is too early. Many qualified but poor people like herself were sidelined, said Niangboi, who was one of the victims.

Many other candidates of the district also had similar tales to tell.

Source: The Imphal Free Press

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