Fake degree racket busted, two held
June 24th, 2011 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Two people were arrested for selling fake degrees in higher education courses of various universities here, police said Friday.
“K.K. Praveen was arrested from Mayur Vihar Phase-III area of east Delhi June 22 following a tip-off and forged degrees and certificates of various universities and educational boards including mark sheets, computer, scanner and printers were seized from him,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Arun Kampani.
Police said on information from Praveen, another accused, Rameshwar Singh was arrested from his home at Khoda Colony in Ghaziabad area of Uttar Pradesh.
“The recovered degrees are of MBA, B.Tech, BBA, BCA, BSc, BA & D.Pharma and disaster management of various universities. The recovered degrees were sold for Rs.10,000 to 15,000 each,” said Kampani.
During interrogation, Singh told police that he studied up to class 10 and started working as an auto driver. “Due to a big crowd in the ministry for verification of original certificates, he started working as a tout,” said Kampani.
Police said he afterwards started making forged degrees and certificates along with essential papers required for visa. In February 2010, Praveen met Singh who also indulged in fake degree and certificate racket.
“The aspirants intending to go abroad used to contact them through touts and they used to stamp their papers and degrees with these forged stamps, thus authenticating them for jobs abroad, for a sum of Rs.8,000,” Kampani said
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