Former Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) Sunil Kumar Gupta has been sent to the Bhopal Central Jail in connection of the alleged scam of Rs 19.48 crores. He has been sent to the jail on direction of district court on April 12. Sunil Kumar Gupta was arrested from Raipur on April 11. Besides, interim bail plea of retired finance controller Rishikesh Verma has been rejected by the court. According to Gandhi Nagar Police Station, four people have been arrested yet in the RGPC case while two accused then registrar RS Rajput and Finance Controller Rishikesh Verma are absconded. Police team has issued lookout notice against the two accused and rigorously searching for them. Police officials said that they are making all efforts to arrest the two accused within 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 crores. 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 Axix Bank Manager Ramkumar Raghuvanshi has been also 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 Coordinater of ABPV said, “RGPV has came under scanner after the scam of Rs 20 crores was revealed. Police has arrested only one accused after lodging FIR against five people. Some of the accused are absconded and 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 crores has been revealed. Once interrogation get start, many more scam from the university will come to the front.”