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V-C held in fake certificate scam
The Morning Standard
|May 19, 2022
Dr M Prasahanth Pillai of Bhopal-based varsity held; cops seize several fake degree certificates
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IN a major breakthrough in the investigation of the fake educational certificates scam spread over four states, Hyderabad city police arrested Dr M Prasahanth Pillai Vice-Chancellor of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University (SRKU), Bhopal and Dr SS Kushwah, Retired Vice-Chancellor and Chairman of the same varsity.
Police who seized certificates of Madras University, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, Swamy Vivekananda University, Madhya Pradesh and Glocal University, Uttar Pradesh, are now verifying the role of the staff and members of the management who may have been involved in the scam.
This story is from the May 19, 2022 edition of The Morning Standard.
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