Delhi Police has registered First Information Report (FIR) against an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), for impersonating as the Lieutenant Governor (L-G), Vinai Kumar Saxena, for the appointment of a particular candidate in the university.
A call recommending appointment of a particular candidate in the university's English department was made to GGSIPU vice chancellor Mahesh Verma on September 30 by an unidentified person impersonating the Lieutenant Governor. The VC contacted the L-G secretariat to ascertain the veracity of the call. He found that no such call was made following which the matter was reported to the police. An FIR was registered for impersonation at the Dwarka police station on October 2, Officials at Raj Niwas said. The recruitment exercise was later cancelled.
“To ascertain the veracity of the call, the verma contacted the Raj Niwas, which denied having made any such call and asked for the matter to be reported to Police immediately,” official said.
Saxena has taken an extremely serious view in this matter of impersonation and emphasized that it has never been his style of functioning to make calls or entertain any request whatsoever that involved out of turn favors, benefits or unethical practices, they stated. Accordingly, an FIR under Section 419 Indian Penal Code (IPC) for impersonation was registered at Police Station, Dwarka, North on October 2, 2022, they said.
The police investigation revealed that the impersonator identified as Rohit Singh, an Assistant Professor, had made the call, posing as the L-G, for the appointment of his sister Manvi Singh in the English Department of the University, they informed.
“From the Call Detail Record (CDR) of the Vice Chancellor’s landline number, it was revealed that the call was made from a United Kingdom (UK) based number. It was further established that the said UK number also had call interactions with mobile numbers belonging to the candidate, Manvi Singh and her father Rajpal Singh,” sources said.
After the interrogation of the candidate and her father, it was confessed that the UK based number belonged to their brother/son Rohit Singh, who had proceeded to the UK on September 27, 2022.
A Look Out Circular (LOC) against Rohit Singh has been initiated and the further investigations is on, they stated.
This incident also triggered an internal inquiry by the University, which found that the alleged involvement of some other University officials in this impersonation case and suitable action against the concerned persons for violation of Conduct and Service Rules has been initiated, they said.
During the internal inquiry, it is also been found that Rohit Singh has travelled to the UK without the mandatory prior permission of the Competent Authority. Accordingly, a show cause notice has also been issued to him by the University, sources said. The sources further added that an anticipatory bail petition was moved by Singh on Friday, who is yet in UK, was dismissed by a Dwarka Court.