Finally, fugitive ex-VC of RGPV arrested from Raipur

By Naman Atolia

At last, after a long search, police finally arrested absconding former Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Professor Sunil Kumar from Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Thursday morning. As per the information, he was hiding at his acquaintance’s house in Raipur. Giving details about the arrest, Commissioner of Police Harinarayanchari Mishra said that the former Vice Chancellor was continuously changing his location and was hiding in an abandoned flat in Raipur. The police had also kept a reward of Rs 10,000 for catching the absconding Vice Chancellor. After bringing him to Bhopal further action will be taken, he said. Three special investigation teams were working to locate them. SIT had already arrested three accomplices of the main accused and their names are banker Kumar Mayank, Dalit Sangh member Sunil Raghuvansi and Ramkumar Raghuvansi. Whereas, former Registrar R S Rajput and Finance Controller of the university Rishikesh Verma are still absconding and a look out notice has been issued against them.

It is noteworthy that 4 fixed deposits (FDs) each of Rs 25 crore were found in the bank where the institution’s money was transferred into personal accounts, in the name that the money was transferred in the bank account of the university. Sunil Kumar was the main accused. Following which, an FIR was registered on March 3, in the Gandhi Nagar Police Station of the city under sections 420, 467, 468,409 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code and Article 7, 13(1)(A) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, on the charges of cheating, forgery of valuable security, punishment of criminal conspiracy and others. Former VC of RGPV Sunil Kumar was suspended by the Technical Education Department for his alleged involvement in the fund scam.

The department took action on the findings of investigation into the alleged unauthorised transfer of over Rs 19.4 crore from the university account to private accounts. As per the information, the police has also freeze the bank accounts of the accused Kumar Mayank through which a sum of Rs 6,60,000 from his personal account, Rs 15,68,348 from SBI account, Rs 94,492 from Finance Bank, Rs 1,04,000 from Axis Bank and Rs 34,71,375 from RBL Bank were recovered. Earlier, the police had also announced a reward of worth Rs 30,000 on giving the information about the fugitives.

Repeated calls go unanswered

‘The Hitavada’ also tried to contact officials of the university including the fugitives of the scandal but none of the calls were answered. In an interesting incident, when the English daily tried to contact the former registrar and main accused R S Rajput, the other person on the call said, “Either speak in Assamese or in Bengali. I don’t know Hindi or English. ”

Will be protesting till the case is resolved: Prabhakar Mishra of ABVP

“This is a remarkable feat since the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had been protesting for so long for exposing this scam. We raised the voices against this scandal. As of now, ABVP also demands that those who are still not arrested should be put behind the bars and if the Parishad any delays or laxity in the work, we will again come to roads demanding the arrest of the accused.” Prabhakar Mishra, Mahanagar Mantri, ABVP, Bhopal, told ‘The Hitavada’.