DU Fake Caste Certificates: 40 Students Involved in the Case
Till now the police have identified nearly 40 students who, allegedly obtained fake caste certificates with the help of a gang and secure admissions in reputed Delhi University Colleges. As per the information, three young men, including a data entry operator at the Mehruali Tehsildar's office, have been arrested. Apart from this, an office bearer of the SC/ST Cell of the University is also under the police scanner.
As per the investigations, a majority of students belong to a reputed school near Connaught Place. The police have caught hold of forms of students who obtained admissions in 2009 (four) and 2010 (seven). All of these are in constant process of recognizing those, who have secured admission using fake caste certificates in 2008, the year the gang had started operating.
On 27th June, Monday police interrogated Neeraj Sharma of the SC/ST Cell on suspicion of his involvement in the racket. Sharma allegedly had close connections with those arrested in the case. It was also learnt that the accused will be again questioned on 28th June.
Among all these developments, role of a tutor living in Malviya Nagar has also come under the light. The police suspect that several students got in contact with the gang members, Himanshu Gupta (26), Vikas (24) and Ketan Gupta (24) through him.
The police also managed to find some students, who had applied for admission on the basis of fake caste certificates at Sri Ram College of Commerce, Hindu College, Kirori Mal College, Sri Venkateswara College, Kamal Nehru College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Motilal Nehru College, College of Vocational Studies and Delhi College of Arts and Commerce.
The police revealed that, Himanshu, was the mastermind behind the entire racket. With the help of Vikas Himanshu would get advertisement published in leading dailies in Delhi and other cities claiming to be running one "Sai Educational Consultancy" for admission in Delhi University colleges. After this they would charge Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per candidate and receive the money after the students would start attending classes in different colleges.
The Crime Branch also took note of two bank accounts, in which the accused deposited the money collected from the students. It was found by the police that one of the accounts contained about Rs 3 lakh, while the other had relatively small balance.
The certificates were earlier prepared by Satish, who is absconding from the Ghaziabad Tehsildar's office and then by Ketan, a data entry operator at the Mehrauli Tehsildar's office, who uploaded the related data on the official website to evade detection by college authorities. The police is still gathering evidence against the gang members and their close knits, after which they would look into the role of students and their parents.
