Following the alleged Rs 19.48 crores FDR Scam at only technical university in State the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), police speeded-up the pace for further investigation. After arresting the former VC Sunil Kumar Gupta, police is rigorously searching for the other two main accused former registrar Professor Rakesh Singh Rajput and Financial Controller Rishikesh Verma by releasing a lookout notice. Police officials said that they are making all efforts to arrest the two accused within a week. FIR was lodged against four accused including the former VC, registrar and financial controller. They are allegedly involved in scam of Rs 19.48 crore. allegation has been made that all the accused have done fraud with the university and transferred the amount in their personal account. Police team is also collecting the information of personal properties of all the accused. Sources said that their personal property would be auctioned after seeking permission of the court. Former Axis Bank Manager Ramkumar Raghuvanshi has also been arrested and took on remand for further prosecution for allegedly being involved in the case.

 

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is demonstrating against the RGPV Scam since the day one. The student activities of ABVP staged various protest in this case and demanded to arrest the accused at earliest. Shivam Jat, Regional Media Co-ordinator of ABPV, said, “RGPV came under scanner after the scam of Rs 20 crore was revealed. Police arrested only one accused after lodging FIR against five people. Some of the accused are absconded and a few of them have left the country. We are demanding strict action against the accused. Police has not arrested any main accused which is not acceptable.” He further added, “At present, only scam of Rs 20 crore has been revealed. Once interrogation get start, many more scam from the university will come to the front.”

 

In January, a three-member committee was already formed to probe the matter. The committee submitted its report to the Government and after that FIR was lodged against five. According to reports, RGPV generates large amount of revenue due to which bank approaches the university making FDR. Sources said that Registrar R S Rajput decided to submit Rs 10 crore in the bank. One account was opened in RBL Bank in the name of university while the second account was opened in Axis Bank in personal name. Rs 8 crores were allegedly credited in the university account at RBL Bank and an amount of Rs 2 crores was credited to a personal account name as Mayank in Axis Bank. However, the account has been seized and Government has formed three-member committee to probe the case. All the bank account of university has been seized for further interrogation.