Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed on friday, resigned from the council of ministers in the wake of an examination scandal involving his foster-son.

“I have resigned from the council of ministers. I have forwarded my resignation to the party high command", said Peerzada. Jammu and Kashmir crime branch has found alleged irregularities in the answer sheets of his foster-son in class X examination which he had passed. 

They submitted a report to the government on February 7. The crime branch found two handwritings in the answer sheets of  Sayeed's foster-son Imam Sauban's Class X  exam. 

Omar Abdullah shared the finding of the report with Congress high command on Friday.  The crime branch, which had probed the answer-paper scandal, in its report submitted to the government also identified three officials involved in the scam. Sources claim the officials identified belong to the examination division of the J and K board.