A team of Vigilance department has arrested three persons in connection with the scholarship scam in Mewar University of Rajasthan. The team arrested Professor Shamim, a resident of Mohammadabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP) from Dehradun on Friday while Assistant admission officer Anish Mohammad a resident of Buxar in UP and Accountant Gorav Goyal were arrested from Mewar University campus, Vasundhra, Gajiabad (UP) on Saturday.
The trio was brought before the Magistrate on Sunday who sent them to District Jail of Dehradun. It is learnt that the vigilance team is on verge of arresting other culprits involved in siphoning of crores of rupees from the social welfare department of Uttarakhand. The team has put the numbers of these accused on surveillance and is trying to zero in on them.
It is pertinent to mention here that some persons in collusion with bank officials and officials of the University had drained off the scholarships meant for the students of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) from the social welfare department of Uttarakhand by showing fictitious students of state and enrolling them in the Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
Cases under section 420, 467, 468,471 and 120 B of Indian Penal Code and 13 (1), (2) and section 3 (2) of SC/ ST act were slapped against some accused when the scam was exposed recently. The Vigilance department has declared a cash prize to Superintendent of Police (SP) Barinderjeet Singh, Additional SP, Pramod Kumar and Jaya Balooni for successful management of the whole operation which ensured the arrest of culprits.
The department has launched a toll free and helps line number 18001806666 for complaints relating to corruption. The department also claims to be active on social networking sites, WhatsApp and facebook. The department under stewardship of its director Ashok Kumar has undertaken a drive, ‘Fight against corruption in Uttarakhand’.