Indian police investigate ¡®fake degrees¡¯ of government employees

Government employees with qualifications from a private college in Rajasthan face scrutiny after allegations of fake degree ploy emerge

July 17, 2024
Delhi, India: A policeman in front of a red and white mini van patrolling 바카라사이트 state border of 바카라사이트 Delhi, state.
Source: iStock/Pranay Chandra Singh

Police are investigating civil servants with qualifications from a private university in India after it emerged that 바카라사이트 institution may have sold fake certificates and issued thousands of degrees it was not accredited for.?

A state police special operations group is investigating certifications issued by Rajasthan¡¯s Om Prakash Jogender Singh (OPJS) University, including allegedly fake and backdated ones, according to . Since it opened in 2013, 바카라사이트 university has handed out?more than 43,000 degrees.?

Police arrested 바카라사이트 university¡¯s founder and owner, Joginder Singh Dalal, on 5 July after he was linked to an?inquiry into alleged paper leaks and malpractice?in university entrance exams.?

¡°A detailed probe into 바카라사이트 fake degree scam was launched after allegations surfaced that 바카라사이트 university was issuing backdated degrees and certificates, some even before 바카라사이트 varsity received relevant accreditation for running 바카라사이트 courses,¡± said V.K. Singh, a senior member of Rajasthan police¡¯s special operations group.

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Police sources told local press that preliminary investigations suggested 바카라사이트 university may have issued backdated certificates to students requiring 바카라사이트m for visa applications, while some courses admitted hundreds more students than 바카라사이트 university was permitted to enrol.?

According to Mr Singh, ¡°fake¡± degrees also were issued to students in 19 neighbouring states and Nepal, as well as Rajasthan, including using ¡°middle men¡± to directly sell 바카라사이트 certificates to paying customers.?

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¡°It was also found that most of 바카라사이트m have later also secured jobs in 바카라사이트 governments of 바카라사이트 concerned states and country based on fake certificates,¡± he said. The Rajasthan government is now investigating all employees with degrees from 바카라사이트 university, local press reported.?

OPJS had already been barred from enrolling students into PhD programmes since December after it failed to comply with procedures set out by 바카라사이트 University Grants Commission (UGC). It has now been ordered to halt all admissions.

The university¡¯s former chair, Sarita Karwasra, and former registrar, Jitendra Yadav, were also arrested.?

It comes as authorities investigate 바카라사이트 handling of some of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s key national exams, including 바카라사이트 UGC NET, which determines acceptance for assistant professors and researchers into universities, and 바카라사이트 NEET, used for entrance into medical courses.?

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, 바카라사이트 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) found 바카라사이트 evidence that led 바카라사이트 Education Ministry to cancel 바카라사이트 UGC NET exam a day before it was set to take place was doctored.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 body has arrested 14 individuals in connection to irregularities in 바카라사이트 NEET exam, including a??from a vehicle belonging to 바카라사이트 National Testing Agency.??

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