Court rejects plea of Kandivali institute professor for siphoning ₹22.30 lakh from students

The students claimed that they had already done five levels of the course from the institution, for which they were given a diploma certificate, and for level 6 of the course they were required to go to London

MUMBAI: The sessions court on Wednesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to a professor, at an educational institute in Kandivali, which is affiliated with universities in London and the US. The professor is booked for allegedly siphoning off ₹22.30 lakh from students who paid their fees to the institution for a diploma certificate.

The Kandivali police have registered an FIR against some staff of the institute, including professor Tabrez Khan. (Stock Pix)

As per the case registered with the Kandivali police station, the complainant and his three other friends had taken admission for an advanced course in Bachelor of Business Computing (BSc Hons), and Information Systems (IS) in the institution, which claimed to be directly affiliated with a reputed university in London.

The students claimed that they had already done five levels of the course from the institution, for which they were given a diploma certificate, and for level 6 of the course they were required to go to London.

However, the institute later offered them to complete Level 6 in the Kandivali institute itself with a fee of ₹7.60 lakh each. The students accepted the offer and deposited the amount, which was accepted only in cash.

The complainant said the students deposited around ₹22.30 lakh to the institute and soon after their Level 6 course started, they received a mail from the foreign University, asking them to pay their fees.

Upon inquiry, the students came to know that the institute staff had not deposited the fees received from the students to the university in England, and therefore they approached the police and lodged a complaint.

The Kandivali police have registered an FIR against some staff of the institute, including professor Tabrez Khan.

Khan had moved the sessions court for pre-arrest bail, claiming that he had nothing to do with fees and the amounts were collected by two other staff members.

The police, on the other hand, claimed that Khan worked with Chavan, one of the staff members, and it was Chavan who lured the students with the offer of doing a Level 6- degree course in Kandivali Institute.

The court said prima facie, Khan and other accused obtained vast amounts from the students by falsely promising that they would get a bachelor’s degree, however, failed to fulfil the promise and rejected his plea for anticipatory bail.