DU admin continues to shelter KMC acting principal SP Gupta
28 Oct 2014 4:46 AM IST
A Delhi court had ordered on 14 October to register an FIR against members of the Governing Body of the college, including member secretary SP Gupta and the then former chairman of the governing body Baleshwar Rai. However, in the governing body meeting of 19 October, five days after the court ruling, neither the court order nor the filing of FIR were put on the agenda of the meeting.
Since, KMC is a university maintained college; the governing body is nominated by the vice-chancellor. What added to the suspicion of the university being hand in glove with the college administration is the nomination of Professor VK Bhasin, who has also been named by the court in its order for filing of the FIR.
Well-placed sources said that the university is overlooking tell-tale signs of fraud because of possibility of its own complicity in the crime. They point towards withdrawal of a cash amount of Rs 35 lakh through a bearer cheque on 24 December, 2012, by Deepak Goyal, an employee of the college in the presence of its acting principal SP Gupta. The college so far has been unable to explain that disbursal of this amount and in reply to an RTI query said that the account number ‘51522191005915’ which was opened in the name of ‘UGC NET Test Centre KM College, doesn’t belong to the college and KMC has no voucher of any transaction.
This reply second the allegation that Rs 1.50 crore received from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the National Eligibility Test (NET) examination for assistant professor was transferred from the college account to a private account operated by acting principal and a private individual named Rajinder Mann. This money was transferred to the private account under the signature of acting principal SP Gupta and college bursar JP Mahajan.
While Gupta remained incommunicado on the matter, bursar JP Mahajan, when contacted, said he had no comments to offer and either the chairman of the governing body or the principal should be contacted.
Similarly, another cash withdrawal of Rs 10 lakh was made through a bearer cheque on 16 January, 2013 by Madan Mohan, former college employee, in the presence of college principal Gupta and Rs 15 lakh cash was withdrawn on 28 January, 2013. It is unheard of that a private account is opened and operated to disburse government funds. It is also unheard of that a huge amount of cash withdrawn through bearer cheque and no account is kept by the college.
‘Despite such overt signs of crime, the university administration is sitting on the matter raises suspicion of complicity and protecting the culprits,’ said NDTF founder member Inder Mohan Kapahy.
‘The university had precedence of punishing principals with termination for much lesser violation of rules and regulations, which didn’t amount to embezzlement. And here is a case where the university is trying to cover-up siphoning of government funds,’ added Kapahy.
‘Let the university open on Monday and the letter be received; then appropriate action will be taken. The university stands committed not to allow anyone to do anything which is illegal and therefore necessary action will definitely be taken,’ said Malay Neerav, the spokesperson of Delhi University on the matter to Millennium Post on Sunday.
Since, KMC is a university maintained college; the governing body is nominated by the vice-chancellor. What added to the suspicion of the university being hand in glove with the college administration is the nomination of Professor VK Bhasin, who has also been named by the court in its order for filing of the FIR.
Well-placed sources said that the university is overlooking tell-tale signs of fraud because of possibility of its own complicity in the crime. They point towards withdrawal of a cash amount of Rs 35 lakh through a bearer cheque on 24 December, 2012, by Deepak Goyal, an employee of the college in the presence of its acting principal SP Gupta. The college so far has been unable to explain that disbursal of this amount and in reply to an RTI query said that the account number ‘51522191005915’ which was opened in the name of ‘UGC NET Test Centre KM College, doesn’t belong to the college and KMC has no voucher of any transaction.
This reply second the allegation that Rs 1.50 crore received from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the National Eligibility Test (NET) examination for assistant professor was transferred from the college account to a private account operated by acting principal and a private individual named Rajinder Mann. This money was transferred to the private account under the signature of acting principal SP Gupta and college bursar JP Mahajan.
While Gupta remained incommunicado on the matter, bursar JP Mahajan, when contacted, said he had no comments to offer and either the chairman of the governing body or the principal should be contacted.
Similarly, another cash withdrawal of Rs 10 lakh was made through a bearer cheque on 16 January, 2013 by Madan Mohan, former college employee, in the presence of college principal Gupta and Rs 15 lakh cash was withdrawn on 28 January, 2013. It is unheard of that a private account is opened and operated to disburse government funds. It is also unheard of that a huge amount of cash withdrawn through bearer cheque and no account is kept by the college.
‘Despite such overt signs of crime, the university administration is sitting on the matter raises suspicion of complicity and protecting the culprits,’ said NDTF founder member Inder Mohan Kapahy.
‘The university had precedence of punishing principals with termination for much lesser violation of rules and regulations, which didn’t amount to embezzlement. And here is a case where the university is trying to cover-up siphoning of government funds,’ added Kapahy.
‘Let the university open on Monday and the letter be received; then appropriate action will be taken. The university stands committed not to allow anyone to do anything which is illegal and therefore necessary action will definitely be taken,’ said Malay Neerav, the spokesperson of Delhi University on the matter to Millennium Post on Sunday.
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