Four people have been arrested after a massive racket helping students get admission in top Delhi University has been busted.
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In June, Delhi Police successfully investigated an admission scam in city schools under the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) category. The racketeers used to charge between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 7 lakh from a prospective student for getting him admitted in a college and course of his choice.
The accused have been identified as Sunil Panwar aka Guruji, Mohammad Zubeir, Praveen Jha, and Ranchit Khurana.
When contacted, Hindu College principal Anju said, “We have not got any information from the police about any fake admissions”.
So far, 22 fake admissions have been detected in Hindu College, Kirori Mal College, Aurobindo College (evening), Kamala Nehru College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Dyal Singh College (evening and morning), PGDAV and Ram Lal Anand colleges.
The alleged racketeers provided students with forged documents and certificates that aided their admissions into some of the most prestigious colleges in both south and north campus of DU.
“Then, he used to get students admitted with fake OBC certificates”, the DCP said.
The accused usually prepared academic documents pertaining to UP and Bihar Boards. They even prepared the fake degrees of various universities for the candidates who were trying for jobs in the private sector. According to police, several forged documents were recovered from the three on their arrest.
“A large number of forged mark sheets, degrees, character certificates, computer, printers and stamps of different government universities and other institutions have been seized”, said a senior police officer. If any suspicion arose on certificates of students will also be sent to the state education boards concerned for verification.
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In a move to minimise chances of fake admissions, DU has asked colleges to adhere to its directive of submitting admission details such as the common pre-admission form (OMR) numbers, class 12 scores and reservation benefits under different quotas, if any, claimed by the students who met the cut-off eligibility criteria this year.
