Deccan Chronicle, Srinagar :
A cow, has got an admit card issued by the authorities on her name to write a professional entrance examination scheduled to be held in next week and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is keen on seeing her appear in the paper.
In a strange turn of events, the admit card for the entrance examination for diploma in polytechnic was issued by Board of Professional Entrance Examinations in the name of Kachir Gaaw (brown cow) who is supposedly the daughter of Gura Dand (Red Bull).
The cow was allotted a seat at Government Degree College Bemina for the May 10 exam. The incident came to light after opposition National Conference spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu uploaded a copy of the admit card on Twitter.
Former CM and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah commented on Mr Mattu’s post saying “Brilliant. I wish Kachir Gaaw had turned up for the examination.” Controller of examinations of BOPEE Farooq Ahmad Mir said there was not much the authorities could do to prevent people from playing such pranks.
“All the applications are now made online. There is an image recognition software which does not differentiate between a human face and an animal picture. Someone has played a prank,” Mir said.
Asked about his signature on the admit card issued to the cow, Mir said “I do not sign the admit cards in person. This is a system generated signature and comes by default,” he said. Mir, however, said BOPEE will file a complaint against the prankster. “We will track down the IP address of the person.”
