Police in Sikkim and Bengal have arrested the Vice Chancellor, Chairman, Registrar and the controller of examinations of EIILM University, a private university for fraudulently issuing mark sheet and certificate of a course that is not taught at the institution. A case of forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy has been registered against all the four senior university officials.
Vice Chancellor O V Vijayan, Registrar Col (retired) Alok Bhandari and controller of examinations Vijay Dahiya were arrested in Jorethang and later granted bail.
The police said that EIILM University with campus at Jorethang issued a certificate to a girl from outside Sikkim saying she had obtained a master’s degree in education, who never attended the university.
“The university had issued a certificate of Master in Education to a girl from outside Sikkim who had never attended the university. The girl applied for a post of lecturer in a university in Chandigarh. The university wrote a letter to Sikkim police for verification. During the verification it was learnt that the course is not taught here,” a senior police officer said.
EIILM offers graduation and master’s courses in various disciplines have been under the scanner for alleged mark sheet fraud earlier too.
Last September, Sikkim police raided the EIILM office after allegations that the university was handing out certificates in a fraudulent manner and the matter is still under investigating.
Vinay Kumar Rai, Chairman who is also the owner of the university was arrested at Bagdogra airport when he was about to fly out of Siliguri.
A senior police officer in Sikkim said that among the papers sent by the university in Punjab was a letter attached to the girl’s certificate that had Rai’s signature endorsing that the certificate was a valid one, reported The Telegraph.
ED attaches Rs 500 crore assets of Rai Foundation
Deeptiman Tiwary | TNN | Jan 10, 2015, 07.08 AM IST
NEW DELHI: In a crackdown on a scam related to sale of "fake" degrees, Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached properties worth over Rs 500 crore belonging to Rai Foundation which runs various colleges across the country under the aegis of Rai University. These properties also include university campuses in Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Ranchi, said ED.
The case pertains to alleged sale of "fake" degrees by Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM) in Sikkim. The institute is run by Rai Foundation. According to ED, the money earned through the sale of fake diplomas and degrees was used to buy property in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana and West Bengal. Money was also invested in campuses in Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Ranchi.
While the purchase value of the attached properties stands at Rs 160 crore, the market value has been pegged at around Rs 500 crore by ED.
Using the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the agency has also attached cash of Rs 25 crore lying in bank accounts.
The agency had registered a money laundering case against the institute and its promoters on the basis of a Sikkim police FIR on EIILM, Rai Foundation (which runs it), and its owner, Vinay Rai.
"The educational institute was duping students by offering degrees and certificates in violation of UGC rules. There were numerous complaints against the fraudulent practices of the university," an ED official said.
Sources said the ED probe found that the management and owners of the university were "laundering" funds obtained from students as curriculum and tuition fees in purchasing large tracts of land and creating bank balances across the country.
"The university and its owners were conducting tainted transactions by extending illegal loans and making purchases in a circuitous manner within the organizations floated by them. The university violated UGC rules and other laws by establishing centres outside Sikkim and floating courses and giving degrees which they were not allowed to give," the sources said.
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