In the SC-ST scholarship scam, the High Court of Uttarakhand has not provided any relief to Amit Kapoor, the chairman of Beehive Group and son of former Vidhan Sabha speaker and current Dehradun cantonment MLA Harbans Kapoor.
The high court has directed the State Government to submit its reply in this case by February 11.
These directions were issued by the single bench of justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe.
According to the case details, Amit Kapoor had filed a petition in the high court seeking a stay on his arrest. In his petition, he has stated that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has filed an FIR against him in the Sahaspur police station in the SC-ST scholarship scam.
The petitioner has anticipated that the police can arrest him at any time.
According to sources, the SIT has accused Kapoor of securing scholarship money on the basis of fake admissions for his institution while the money was not transferred to the accounts of the youngsters in whose name it was secured from the Government.
It is pertinent to mention here that so far the authorities have taken action against various institutions and individuals including government officials in the scholarship scam.
Kapoor is the first high profile individual connected to a senior leader of the party in office against whom an FIR has been registered in this scam.