Srinagar, April 25: Mushtaq Ahmad Peer, the former chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) and accused of the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2012 scam has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and has been fined Rs 1 crore by an anti-corruption court here today.
The broker Sajad Ahmad Bhat has also been awarded five years jail and fined Rs 50 lakh.
The trial court convicted 43 persons in the BOPEE scam while seven persons were acquitted in connection with the case.
Meanwhile, the beneficiary students have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment in the said case.
Pertinently, Peer was arrested on 23 November 2014 by the crime branch for selling the CET-2012 papers along with answer keys for Rs 60 lakhs. A case was registered at Police Station Crime Branch including beneficiary students and parents and the brokers.
The high court granted bail to Peer 24 May last year.
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