DU : Fake caste certificate scam busted
Source: The Sangai Express / (Agencies)
New Delhi, June 26 2011:
Days after the 100 per cent cut-off nightmare hit Delhi University, an admission racket has been busted, as three people have been arrested for selling fake caste certificates and helping at least 12 students get admission in top notch colleges.
One of them is a student who scored 94 per cent and took the route to secure a seat at the prestigious SRCC.
Due to the high cut offs in Delhi University this year, dozens of students including those who scored high marks, have had difficulty in
getting admission.
The group behind this racket, which has allegedly been in operation since 2008, cashed in on that desperation charging as much as Rs 5 lakh per student, to procure fake caste certificates for them to get them admission.
The OBC cut-off percentage in the first list in top DU colleges for B(Com) and economics ranged from 92 per cent to 98 per cent and in the second list from 91 per cent to 96 per cent.
DCP Ashok Chand said, "They made one OBC certificate, the rest were all Schedule Caste candidates' certificates" .
The accused, all in their 20's, including two former B(Com) students and a Merchant Navy officer had started an educational consultancy firm.
When students approached them, they were promised a no hassle admission process for a price tag of Rs 3-5 lakh.
According to the police, the mastermind Himanshu Gupta was arrested from outside Hansraj College in the Capital when he had gone to get a girl admitted.
Twelve admission forms, fake caste certificates and Rs 5 lakh have been recovered from them.