Sports College head accused of demanding bribe for admission
At a time when the Adityanath Yogi government is trying to improve the standard of sports in Uttar Pradesh by announcing special measures, the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College is in news again for wrong reasons.
Known for alleged controversial acts since his appointment, acting principal Vijay Kumar Gupta has been accused of demanding Rs 2 lakh bribe from a man for his son’s admission.
The boy was denied admission after his father failed to give the money. A complaint has been lodged with the chief minister and an inquiry has reportedly been ordered into the case.
Similar allegations have been reported in the past and a number of offenders have been punished too.
One of the cricket coaches, who claimed to have produced a few stars before quitting the college, was also accused to demanding hefty amounts for admissions. The coach had later joined a cricket organisers as one of the administrators.
The complainant, Bhallu Kanojiya, said his son Sujal performed well and qualified in initial tests but despite repeated assurances by Gupta, he was refused admission for the second successive year.
“When I met the principal, he asked me to pay Rs 2 lakh for the admission. When I expressed inability to do so, the principal abused me and threatened with dire consequences,” Bhallu said.
Vijay Gupta, however, refuted charges levelled against him. “It is all a bogus propaganda against me. I never asked anybody for bribe,” said Gupta.
“The boy in question couldn’t make the final cut in the selection and the process was free and fair,” he said. “There was no manipulation in the selection process and the authorities concerned were informed accordingly about the admissions,” said Gupta.
He has earlier been accused of allegedly manhandling class four employees of the college.
Copies of all the complaints to the government authorities, including local police, are in possession of Hindustan Times.
“It’s too much of problem at the sports college. The time has come when state government must abolish its independence nature of working and hand over the charge of its functioning to the sports directorate,” said a former principal of the college on condition of anonymity.