Scholarship scam: Former registrar of private university granted bail

A Kaithal court has granted bail to a former registrar of a private varsity situated in the town in an alleged scholarship scam observing that “being an office-bearer in the administration of university, he might have played an active role to give undue benefit to owner of the university but he may not be the actual beneficiary of the alleged fraudulent amount”.

- GNS News Agency

The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had arrested former registrar of NIILM university Sumesh Kumar Sharma on May 26 this year. The present case pertains to alleged embezzlement and mis-utilisation of funds of scholarship, which were meant for the upliftment of students belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. The said misutilisation was allegedly done by the administration of NIILM University, Kaithal, during the academic year 2013-14 and 2014-15 by making fake admissions of students. After preliminary enquiry, an FIR was registered in 2018.