ACB seeks legal opinion in Rizvi college ‘bribery’ case

The ACB has sought legal advice as the college is unaided and the two accused do not draw their salaries from the state government.

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) is seeking opinion of the state charity commissioner and the Income Tax department in its ongoing probe into the allegations of bribe demanded by two employees of Rizvi College in Bandra last week.

On July 12, the college’s deputy office superintendent, Sayyed Qamar Haider (30) and office superintendent Tusi Rizvi (45) were allegedly caught accepting Rs 50,000 from a student for granting admission into the first year of the Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) course. The ACB has sought legal advice as the college is unaided and the two accused do not draw their salaries from the state government.

“We are seeking opinion from a retired judge of the Anti Corruption Court. But we are also consulting the Charity Commissioner to seek clarity if whether we can charge the men under the Prohibition of Captitation Fees Act or the the Prohibiton of Captitation Fees Act. If it is the former, we will hand over the investigation to the local police station,” said Vishwas Nangre-Patil, ACP, ACB.

While the junior college programs at Rizvi College receive aid from the state government, the BMS course is unaided. Nangre-Patil said that the ACB had at first felt that the Haider and Rizvi also received salaries from the government. He added that the ACB was also consulting the Income Tax Department, as it is the enforcement agency for cases of black money.

Nangre-Patil said that the two employees also charged the complainant extra money while selling admission forms.
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