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Bhopal, March 3 (HS). A scam of Rs 19.48 crore of Rajiv Gandhi Technological University (RGPV) of the capital Bhopal has come to light. Gandhi Nagar police station on Sunday registered a case of conspiracy and forgery against RGPV Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Controller and others. Action has also been taken against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The accused are accused of embezzling Rs 19 crore 48 lakh. However, no one has been arrested yet in this case.
ASI Praveen Singh Bais of Gandhinagar police station said that on Sunday, RGPV Registrar Dr. Mohan Sen had lodged a written complaint, in which it was mentioned about the conspiracy to embezzle more than Rs 19 crore of FD deposited by the students of the university. On the basis of the evidence presented with the complaint, Vice Chancellor Prof. Section 420, 467, 468, 120 (B) and 7/13-A (1), 13 (2), against Sunil Kumar, then Registrar RS Rajput, Finance Controller Hrishikesh Verma, Mayank Kumar, Dalit Sangh Sohagpur and others. A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Activists of student organization ABVP are continuously protesting against the university management regarding the scam in RGPV. Their demand is that Vice Chancellor Professor Sunil Kumar Gupta should be removed immediately. Even on Sunday morning, ABVP workers sat on strike outside the Vice Chancellor's chamber. However, the then Registrar has been suspended in this case. ABVP workers are adamant on their demand to make the investigation report of this case also public.
Will not spare any culprit: Minister Parmar
Seeing the matter gaining momentum, Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar reached the university on Sunday and met the protesting ABVP workers. He assured that the matter will be investigated by a high-level inquiry committee. In this case, a case of misappropriation of Rs 19.5 crore has come to light so far. A comprehensive investigation will be conducted and corruption will not be tolerated. If the Vice Chancellor is guilty, action will be taken against him also.
In fact, a three-member committee was formed last month to investigate the complaint received regarding this matter. The preliminary investigation report was presented to the government on Saturday by the formed investigation committee. According to the investigation report, Rs 19.48 crore was found to have been unauthorized transferred to personal accounts through criminal conspiracy. Considering the seriousness of the matter, the government will now lodge an FIR in the matter.
Taking action in this matter, the then Registrar RS Rajput has been suspended. Separate action will also be taken against retired Finance Controller HK Verma. In this matter, a decision has been taken to suspend the officers/employees already posted in the concerned branch of Rajiv Gandhi University. Other staff will be posted on relevant posts in the concerned branch.
Many big revelations were made in the 350 page investigation report.
The committee constituted by the government in its 350-page report has also given documents of corruption worth crores of rupees, which will reveal many more secrets. Apart from this, a special report of about nine pages has also been attached by the university with the investigation report, which will expose the fraud in the university.
Gross irregularities have come to light in this matter. Therefore, Vice Chancellor Sunil Kumar Gupta can also be punished, because the post of Vice Chancellor comes under the jurisdiction of Raj Bhavan. The committee has specifically mentioned in its report that they had summoned the Vice Chancellor, but he did not appear and sent a written reply. There is anger in ABVP also regarding Vice Chancellor Sunil Kumar. They had uprooted the name plate of the Vice Chancellor on Saturday.
It is being told that Rs 19.5 crore was fraudulently transferred to a private account. There is information about five accounts in Axis Bank, whereas during investigation, seven accounts have been found in Axis Bank. Due to the records of the university not being correct, the officers in charge and the investigation committee had to struggle a lot and on the basis of PAN number, information was sought from the banks as to how many accounts the university had in their banks. In which it was revealed that the university has two accounts in the Katara branch of Axis Bank. One of these is a savings account and the other is a current account, where crores of rupees of the university have been deposited. The information received by the committee from the bank has revealed that Rs 50 crore was kept in the account of Katara branch of the university. Out of that, Rs 9.5 crore has been transferred to the account of a private institution or individual and now the university has Rs 40.5 crore in the said account. Similarly, the university is also said to have an account in Pipariya branch, in which Rs 100 crore has been kept.