CBI registers FIR against Kanpur varsity V-C accused of extortion, cheating
Prof Vinay Pathak, who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Kanpur’s CSJM University, and his associates have been booked for allegedly extorting money from one David Dennis for approving bills related to conducting exams at Dr BR Ambedkar University in Agra.
Over the past two months, the STF issued several notices to Prof Vinay Pathak asking him to join the probe. (Photo: @vpathakin/ Prof Vinay Kumar Pathak/ Twitter) The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR against Kanpur’s Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Vinay Pathak and others over the allegations of extortion and cheating. The FIR was registered days after the Uttar Pradesh government sent a letter to the Centre, recommending a CBI probe into the graft and extortion case filed against Pathak, former V-C of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, and others in October.
So far, UP Police’s Special Task Force (STF), which was investigating the case, has arrested three persons, including Pathak’s alleged associate Ajay Mishra, owner of Xlict company. The other two accused were identified as Ajay Jain and Santosh Kumar Singh, Mishra’s alleged associates, official said.
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