Rajasthan university under police radar for issuing over 40,000 fake degrees
Rajasthan police's special operations group (SOG) for allegedly issuing fake and backdated degrees for courses that the private institution did not have accreditation for. SOG is examining all 43,409 degrees issued since the university's inception in 2013, reported ToI.
As per the report, the university under scrunity issued backdated degrees for BEd and BPEd (physical education) programmes before receiving accreditation and awarded MSc agriculture degrees without proper authorisation, said SOG sources to ToI.
In the case of issuing fake desgrees, a probe began six days after the arrest of the university's founder-owner, Joginder Singh Dalal, for his alleged role in the scam. SOG's inquiry into paper leaks and malpractices in college entrance and govt exams led to Dalal.
What does the initial probe entails?
The case dates back to July 5 when SOG arrested Dalal, along with former chairperson Sarita Karwasra and former registrar Jitendra Yadav. Preliminary investigations suggest Dalal issued backdated degrees to those requiring graduation certificates for visa applications, reported ToI.
«A detailed probe into the fake-degree scam was launched after allegations surfaced that the university was issuing backdated degrees and certificates, some even before the varsity received relevant accreditation for running the courses,» ADGP (SOG) VK Singh said.
Since 2013, the university has awarded 708 PhDs, 8,861 engineering degrees, and 1,640 degrees in physical education, among others, DIG (SOG) Paris Deshmukh said. He
