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Fake School Dupes 600 Students for 5 Years
12 Jun
Summary
- Couple ran fake school for five years, deceiving 600 students.
- School secretly outsourced final exams to other institutions.
- Police launched a manhunt for the couple after cheating charges.
In Ludhiana, a couple has been charged with operating an unregistered fake CBSE senior secondary school for five years, reportedly scamming around 600 students. Surinder Singla and Anita Singla allegedly misled parents, particularly transient workers, by advertising affiliation with the Central Board of Secondary Education.
The deception came to light when a parent, Gurbakhsh Singh, discovered the school's absence from the official CBSE registry. Investigations revealed that the school, Global Sparks Convent International, secretly outsourced its Class X and XII students to another institution to facilitate their final examinations.
Despite initial attempts to dismiss the concerns, the couple failed to provide academic records when summoned by the police. The Ludhiana police have registered a case against them under cheating and criminal conspiracy charges and are actively searching for the pair. The school lacked an official website and several contact numbers were found to be switched off.
