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The FIR says that determination was allegedly a cumulative request for Rs 1.80 crore for the inspection team.
A time aft the CBI arrested 10 people, including the president of a National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) inspection committee and its six members, 1 of them a JNU professor, for bribery, the cardinal agency’s FIR cites explicit details of the wrongdoings.
The FIR says that determination was allegedly a cumulative request for Rs 1.80 crore for the inspection team, but aft negotiations with the JNU professor, the apical officials of Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF), Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, agreed to springiness a laptop and Rs 3 lakh each to squad members, Rs 10 lakh to the committee chairman, and carnivore the question expenses of 1 of the member’s woman to Vijayawada, the CBI has alleged successful the FIR.
A CBI spokesperson identified those arrested as: “G P Saradhi Varma, the Vice-Chancellor of Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF), Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; Koneru Raja Hareen, Vice-President, KLEF; A Ramakrishna, Director, K L University, Hyderabad campus; Samarendra Nath Saha, Vice-Chancellor of Ramchandra Chandravansi University and Chairman, NAAC Inspection Committee; Rajeev Sijariya, Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), subordinate coordinator (NAAC Inspection Committee).
The spokesperson identified the different accused arsenic Dr D Gopal, Dean, Bharath Institute of Law; Rajesh Singh Pawar, Dean, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal; Manas Kumar Mishra, Director, GL Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management; Gayathri Devaraja, Professor, Davangere University; and Dr Bulu Maharana, Professor, Sambalpur University. The CBI has named 14 radical successful the FIR, and is probing the relation of others.
The CBI has alleged that they received accusation from a “reliable source” that NAAC re-accreditation of KLEF was owed and galore elder members were allegedly indulging successful corrupt activities for a favourable report. “Varma aft coordinating with Satyanarayana approached NAAC officials done Dr Rao, and Hanumanthappa to research the ways and means for inclusion of known members successful the NAAC inspection team. Hanumanthappa had revealed the names of the 7 members of the NAAC squad to Varma earlier it was officially declared,” the FIR alleges.
On January 19, the FIR states, Satyanarayana and Varma allegedly paid Rs 10 lakh to Hanumanthappa for arranging a favourable NAAC inspection team.
According to the FIR, A Ramakrishna, Director, K L University, Hyderabad Campus, allegedly told Varma that JNU prof Sijariya could beryllium approached done immoderate of his friends. “Sijariya informed them that helium wanted to conscionable the designated/authorised persons of KLEF crossed the array astatine Delhi and was acceptable to assistance them. On January 25, Koneru Raja Hareen, Vice-President of KLEF, and A Ramakrishna met Sijariya to negociate the bribe magnitude for a favourable inspection report. After negotiation, some of them informed Satyanarayana and Varma that helium was demanding Rs 1.80 crore successful full for managing the full inspection squad for a favourable study retired of which Rs 1.30 crore was for himself arsenic helium would beryllium the idiosyncratic preparing the inspection report,” it says.
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The CBI besides alleged that connected January 26, the duo allegedly visited Sijaria’s residence to further negociate and yet agreed to wage Rs 3 lakh and a laptop to each member. “He asked for Rs 10 lakh for himself which they paid him immediately. He showed them the favourable draught NAAC inspection report. On January 27, Satyanarayana, Varma and Koneru Raja Hareen decided to wage Rs 3 lakh and a laptop to each NAAC inspection squad member,” the FIR says.
Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the nationalist bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and interior security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported connected city-based transgression stories on with that helium besides covered the anti-corruption subdivision of the Delhi authorities for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a elaborate knowing of stories. He besides worked with Mail Today arsenic a elder analogous for eleven months. He has besides worked with The Pioneer for 2 years wherever helium was exclusively covering transgression beat. During his archetypal days of the vocation helium besides worked with The Statesman paper successful the nationalist capital, wherever helium was entrusted with beats similar crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A postgraduate successful Mass Communication, Manral is ever successful hunt of stories that interaction lives. ... Read More
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