SHIMLA: The fake degree racket of Manav Bharti University (MBU) in Solan is turning into one of the biggest scams of its kind following the detection of
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The process to ensure the extradition of three accused from Australia in a fake degrees scam at a Solan-based private university has been initiated, Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Kundu said on Sunday.
Karnal-based Raj Kumar Rana, the chairman of the Manav Bharti Charitable Trust that runs the Manav Bharti University (MBU), is the prime accused in the fake degrees scam, the officer said.
Rana s wife, daughter, and son have also been named as accused in the case, he said, adding that since they are in Australia, the process to get them extradited to India has been initiated.
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In the first-ever case of its kind in the country, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached property - both residential and commercial - FDs and land worth Rs 194.17 crore belonging to a promoter of controversial Manav Bharti University (MBU) in Himachal Pradesh.
Fake degree scam: ED attaches assets of MBU, Manav Bharti trust
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New Delhi, Jan 29 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 194.17 crore belonging to the Manav Bharti University (MBU), the Madhav University, the Manav Bharti Charitable Trust and its Chairman Raj Kumar Rana in the fake degree scam money laundering case.
An ED official here said that the agency has attached moveable and immovable properties in the form of land, residential and commercial buildings worth Rs 186.44 crore located in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan and six FDs totalling Rs 7.72 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).