Jose allegedly carried a chit with him to the exam hall.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: The Inspector General (IG) of Kerala Police, Thrissur range, T J Jose, was allegedly caught red-handed while attempting to copy from a chit that he carried to the exam hall during his Master of Law examination.
IG Jose, an off-campus student of law under the accreditation of MG University, was found by the examination invigilator of St. Paul’s college, Kalamassery, trying to copy from a chit that he allegedly hid under his answer sheets.
Peter VJ, the vice principal of the college was quoted by the Times of India saying, “The invigilator immediately informed the external examiner and college manager. They questioned him and the IG left the campus and took the chit with him. We have informed MG University and also send them the invigilator’s statement for necessary action.”
However, Jose denied all allegations levelled against him and said, “Nobody has caught me for copying; no papers have been recovered from me. The examination began at 10 am, and I finished writing my paper at about 12 and I came out. Nobody has given me any report of copying.”
Answering one of the questions, he said, “I had appeared for the one of the papers of the LLM examination held on Saturday. I appeared for the examination today also. I will be appearing for the examination to be held on Tuesday also.”
Later during the day a senior colleague sought an explanation from T J Jose to which he answered citing the same details but he was asked to go on compulsory leave starting from tomorrow, till investigation is over.
ADGP Sankar Reddy was quoted saying, “Home minister has given the direction for the probe. We only have to see the availability of the college officials involved in the examination duty. The inquiry report will be submitted within the minimum time possible,”
When informed about the inquiry against him, IG Jose said, “It is natural that there would be a probe whenever such a charge is made.”