Govt trying to shield dummy writers scam accused: PIL

The state government has sought to file reply to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in connection with the dummy writers scam. The petitioner, Manish Doshi, executive council member of the Gujarat University, has accused the government of not taking actions against the alleged prime perpetrators of the scam by sitting on the report given by the inquiry committee. The case will come up for hearing next on August 10.

The PIL seeks strict action against the people responsible for the dummy writers scam. Doshi, through his counsel, DP Kinariwala, submitted in the court that, an inquiry committee formed by the Gujarat State Higher Secondary Board, has recommended actions against trustees of HB Kapadia high school and Swastik Shishuvihar high school and Sant Kabir school besides the then GSHSEB secretary, HN Chavda.

However, the government has not acted according to the report and is shielded the main accused by issuing petty punishments to the other accused in the case, it alleged.

The scam, unearthed during the HSC examination in 2008, caught Kamal Patel and Harsh Kotak, two students who belong to well-known families, using dummy writers faking hand fracture.