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Over 25 fake admissions suspected in DU colleges, 4 held

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
A racket which allegedly facilitated around 25 fake admissions in top colleges of Delhi University using forged documents was today busted by Delhi police and four persons have been arrested, including a student of the varsity's Aurobindo college.

"A Crime Branch team arrested accused Sunil Panwar aka Guruji, Mohammad Zubeir, Praveen Jha and Ranchit Khurana yesterday for running the admission racket using fake mark-sheets, migration certificates, degrees, character certificates and other such papers to admit students to colleges," said ACP Crime Branch K P S Malhotra.

Some college officials are also under the scanner.

"On a tip-off, the four persons were arrested from Malviya Nagar main market. A case has been registered against them who were running the racket for nearly 3 years. They also forged degrees and certificates of different universities which they sold to persons seeking job," he added.
 

The accused were allegedly behind 25 fake admissions in various colleges of North and South Campus of Delhi University including Bhagat Singh College, Aurobindo College, Dayal Singh College, Ram Lal Anand College, Hindu College, Kirori Mal College and Kamla Nehru College.

College officials, however, denied having any information about these fake admissions and maintained they have strict mechanism in place to check such activities.

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First Published: Jul 30 2015 | 8:48 PM IST

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