GU V-C,3 others booked for cheating

Trivedi and three others have been booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 409 (breach of trust by public servant),420 (cheating),465 (forgery) among others.

The complainant Pradeep Prajapati,a suspended professor of the varsity,has alleged that Trivedi in connivance with varsity’s in-charge registrar Minesh Shah and development officer Vaishali Padhiyar siphoned off crores of rupees of the varsity.

Prajapati and Trivedi have been at loggerheads for last several years. In 2011,Prajapati was suspended from teaching from the varsity for the third time on the grounds of professional misconducts,negligence of duties among others. Prajapati claimed in the FIR that the trio conspired to give the printing of varsity’s examination questions and answer-sheets to a private firm Wilson Printers between 2007 to 2011. By doing so varsity lost more than Rs1.5 crore,Prajapati has alleged in the FIR.

Besides,Prajapati has alleged that the V-C divided Rs 100 crore fixed deposit belonging to the varsity in smaller amounts because of which the varsity suffered Rs 4 crore loss.

Police officials said the amount of total money involved in the alleged fraud is yet to be ascertained. They said the investigation of the case has been handed over the police inspector but since the special court (ACB) is involved in the case might be handed over to the senior officials in ACB.

Trivedi’s second term as V-C will come to an end on June 28 this year. “Trivedi’s term (six years) will be remembered for politicizing the varsity,corruption,announcing new courses but never implementing them properly and maximum number of agitations by both students and employees. Trivedi will also be remembered as a V-C who bent down before the Chief Minister Narendra Modi to touch his feet at a public function,” said Manish Doshi,a varsity’s executive member and Congress leader.