Former registrar of the Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Mrityunjay Mishra was arrested by the police on charges of corruption in Dehradun on Monday.
The vigilance department had slapped a case under various sections on the high profile but controversial officer on November 17 for many corruption charges during his tenure in Ayurveda University from 2013 to 2017.
In this connection, a team of vigilance arrested Mishra from EC road on Monday. Mishra has been accused of claiming forged travel bills for his tours which were not approved.
In another case Mishra is accused of siphoning Rs 32.15 lakh from the University. This amount was transferred to the bank account of Mishra.
The former registrar of the university is also charged with opening fake accounts and conniving with supplying firms and depositing Rs 68.02 lakh to the accounts of his relatives.