D'gere varsity prof among those held in NAAC bribery case

THE CBI's anti-corruption wing on Saturday arrested Davangere University professor Gayathri Devaraja in connection with a bribery case involving members of a NAAC inspection committee of which she is a member.

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Gayathri was a former registrar (administration) of Davanagere University and was serving as senior professor, Department of Studies in Microbiology. She was a part of the seven-member inspection team of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The arrested persons included the chairman of the inspection committee and six members. Those arrested also include the vice-chancellor of the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur and two more executives.