New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have busted an admission racket in Delhi University with the arrest of four people.
Those arrested were forgers who created fake certificates. Police are probing whether university employees were involved in the case.
The fake admission racket was busted by the crime branch while investigating irregularities in admission through the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe quota.
In all 25 admissions this academic year are under the scanner spread over half a dozen collages including the prestigious Hindu College and Kirori Mal College.
Getting admission in Delhi University has become tough over the years with the cut off marks in several colleges hovering between 95 per cent and 100 per cent in some most sought after graduation courses.
Other colleges under the scanner are off campus Ram Lal Anand College, PGDAV College, Dayal Singh College, Ram Lal Anand College and Kamla Nehru College.
According to police, while Sunil Pawar and Mohammad Zuber procured candidates, Ranchit Khurana used to get the fake documents prepared by Parveen Kumar, enabling students get admissions in colleges and courses of their choice.
Parveen used to prepare fake documents like mark sheets, migration certificate, character certificate and caste certificate. They also used to create fake degrees for those seeking jobs in the private sector which normally do not send degree certificates for verification.
The modus operandi of the gang arrested on Thursday marked a close similarity with two similar rackets the police busted in 2011.
Five people, including two employees of Delhi University’s SC/ST cell, were arrested in June 2011 for alleged links with the gang who got students admitted to courses of their choice with fake documents for about half a million rupees.
Admission of 12 students, including four girls, were subsequently cancelled.
However, a bigger shock awaited many when the Delhi Police arrested two leaders of the National Students Union of India, the student wing of India’s then ruling Congress party, in December 2011.
The two, in connivance with a staff of Ramjas College and an ex-student of the same college, would facilitate admission for students through fake certificates.
All government universities are supposed to keep aside 15 per cent seats for Scheduled Caste students and 7.5 per cent for Scheduled Tribe students. This is in addition to 27 per cent seats reserved for those belonging to the other backward classes (OBC).
While OBC quota is lapped up, often the SC/ST quota remains unfilled. Under rules, the unfilled quota cannot be offered to general students. This leads to gangs roping in aspirants from the general category. They create fake certificates and help them get admitted through the SC/ST quota with the active help of university employees for a hefty sum.
