With Delhi University (DU) fake admission racket coming to light on Thursday, the attention has shifted to some of the top colleges situated at the North Campus like The Hindu and Kirori Mal College. Though the development has left many college authorities stumped, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has demanded a full-fledged probe, accusing DU officials of facilitating such rackets as similar cases were unearthed in the past too. With the arrest of four people — Sunil Pawar alias Guruji, 41, Mohd. Zuber, 25, Parveen Kumar, 33, and Ranchit Khurana alias Bunty, 30 by the Delhi Police on Thursday — for running a fake admission racket in DU colleges, it is understood that  the maximum number of bogus admissions was done by Shaheed Bhagat Singh College at the South Campus.

The college authorities had allowed 10 such admissions, according to sources. The Delhi Police top brass said they would investigate the role of college authorities for not cross-checking the mark sheets of the students and granting them admissions. Not only Shaheed Bhaagat Singh College but the officials of other colleges where bogus admissions had taken place, would be subjected to probe and the subsequent questioning, said officers.

Reacting to the charge of fake admission, the officiating principal of Hindu College, Anju Srivastava said, "We follow a transparent procedure of verifying the SC/ST and OBC certificates. It cannot be the fault of the college as the certificates are sent to the concerned authorities for cross verification which takes two to three months".

Worried over the report, Srivastava said it is really sad that the name of Hindu College has surfaced. "Police have not informed us. We got the news from news channels. As far as our college is concerned, we have the best prescribed way of verification which is done online. But we will still look into the matter," she added.

On the other side, the ABVP activists raised their concern demanding enquiry into the matter. "It is not the fault of the students who get admission by wrong means. Efforts should be made to identify authorities within the system who facilitate such admissions," said Ayushmall, North Campus Secretary of the ABVP.

He accused the university of letting such things take place. "In 2011, 80 fake admissions were found in Ramjas College but no action was taken against the principal. He still continues to be on his post. Besides, every year fake admission cases are found but the university authorities are ignorant," he added.

The Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Sri Aurobindo College and Ram lal Anand College have also been named by the Delhi Police Crime Branch.

While the principal of the Sri Aurobindo College, Vipin Kr Aggarwal said admissions would be cross verified. Principal of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College PK Khurana said he was not sure if the admissions were of this year. "We have taken strict measures. Two years ago we detected 18 aspirants with fake documents after which the college filed an FIR. We are putting certain checks to make sure there are no such hassles," he said.

The officials in the Dean Students’ Welfare office said it was the responsibility of the college to put in force a foolproof system of verification of documents.

"It is not the university but the college which has to maintain its admission procedure to ensure transparency. In 2011, Ramjas College had also grabbed attention due to fake admissions.

After that the college authorities and the principal had hired the services of forensic expert to check the documentation of the aspirants and since then it has never repeated," said one of the officials.

Throwing light on how the miscreants used to trap aspirants, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime branch), Ravindra Yadav told the media, "Sunil Pawar and Zuber use to procure the candidates and then get in touch with Ranchit, who in turn use to obtain forged documents from Parveen Jha.”

It is reported that they went on undetected for sometime until their luck failed with the cops busting the racket.