Former Bihar varsity staff who gave degree to Tomar may be held

NEW DELHI: The police may arrest “in the next two days” the teachers and former vice-chancellor of the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, in the fake degree case

NEW DELHI: The police may arrest “in the next two days” the teachers and former vice-chancellor of the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, in the fake degree case involving former Delhi minister Jitendra Singh Tomar.

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Tomar, the former law minister, was sacked and later arrested in June 2015 for allegedly forging a law degree from the university in Bihar to register himself as a lawyer.

Tomar registered himself with the Bar Council of Delhi on the basis of a provisional pass certificate from Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University.

But in an enquiry, the university found that the certificate number that Tomar claimed was his, was issued to a political science student.

Delhi Police sources said two teams have been sent to Bihar to arrest the former vice chancellor, the then-principal, teachers and the administrative staff.

Sources said investigation into the records of the university has shown discrepancies. Many provisional certificates, degrees and mark sheets of students were dispatched to people

Two police teams verify certificates with universities concerned in Bihar, UP

FIR against Tomar at Hauz Khas police station.

Cops arrest Tomar and produce in court. Take him into remand

Tomar is taken to KS Saket College in UP’s Faizabad, from where he claimed to have completed BSc in 1988. He is who never attended classes.

Sources said that files from a particular year showed over 500 degrees were handed out, even though 120 students had registered for the course.

“This could not have been possible without the connivance of the university authorities,” a police source said. dumbstruck when asked to name faculty members. He is found to have been enrolled as a student at DU’s Rajdhani College at the same time

He is taken to Bihar’s Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, from where he claimed to have obtained the Law degree. Has no idea about the college campus, classes or teachers Tomar admits to having bought both degrees. He says an agent from Munger helped him get the forged LLB degree of the university in Bihar. Another agent from Shakarpur helped him get the BSc degree the university in UP

“It is also not possible that the then vice chancellor or the principal did not know about the racket. We will arrest some people soon,” the source said.

A few illegal agents also told police that some staff members of the university were giving out fake degrees and mark sheets in exchange for money.

Tomar had reportedly told the police that he bought the degree from agents. “Tomar said that his brother, PS Tomar, a practising lawyer, introduced him to Vinod who used to arrange degrees. Tomar asked for his help because he could not clear exams. Vinod helped him get the degree without actually enrolling for the course,” sources said.

Tomar first took a BSc degree in 2001 and then an LLB degree from an agent in Munger, Bihar.

Sources said it was also found that about 2,000 practising lawyers registered with the city’s bar council have degrees from the same college and university as the AAP leader Tomar. Some of them were even found to be forged. The investigation in the matter is still on and a separate FIR may be registered against others involved in the racket.