The student of IIT, Kharagpur, who had accused his teacher of demanding a bribe to change his assessment, reportedly confessed before the inquiry committee, set up to probe the charge, that he had actually wanted to pay the teacher for his grade change.
The Statesman had reported yesterday that Subhas Kumar, an undergraduate student in the naval architecture department, was among the 14 first-year students of IIT, Kharagpur, to have been retained in the institute following a relaxation of promotion rules. All the students belong to the SC/ST category.

According to sources, the three-member inquiry committee set up by the institutes director recorded Subhas Kumars statement on 16 August wherein he reportedly admitted to have offered to pay his teacher, Dr S Chakraborty, to change his grade. The inquiry committee also recorded the statements of the two witnesses to the alleged demand, Deepak Raj Kindo and Ravi Kumar, on the same day. The Statesman has learnt that some of the students who had failed to secure the required credits had also approached a few other professors of the institute to change their grades. When the professors declined to oblige them, they were allegedly threatened on the phone. However, none of the professors lodged any official complaint with the institutes administration.

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