Fleece game: Cyber cafes charging Rs 500 to fill single DU form
The Delhi University’s (DU) decision to make the admission process online has come as a windfall for cyber cafes operating around the north campus. In fact, some of them are charging as high as Rs 500 for one form.
Aspirants who are not comfortable with the online process are thronging these cafes. In addition, there are those who are fed up with the technical glitches they face when they attempt to fill the forms at home. Ruchika Sharma, 17, who filled her admission form in a Kamala Nagar cyber cafe, said: “First, I tried to fill my form at home but since the website kept hanging, I decided to visit a cyber cafe. The cafe owner was charging Rs 500 but I managed to convince him to do it for Rs 400.”
Sharma, a resident of north Delhi’s Civil Lines area, further said: “It’s not that I couldn’t fill the form on my own but I did not want to take any risk. In case of a mistake, one can’t register for DU again. Cyber cafe operators are well aware of how to fill the forms.”
When queried about the exorbitant amount being charged for a form, cyber cafe owner Suresh Singh said …read more
