CBI unearths Rs 49.5 lakh fraud in Central University of Kerala
Both of them were indicted in the chargesheet filed by the CBI.
Kasargod: The CBI has unearthed a Rs 49.5- lakh fraud in the Central University of Kerala (CUK) here in connection with clearing huge amounts to a private security agency.
On Thursday, CUK registrar in-charge K. C. Byju suspended joint registrar S. Gopinath and assistant registrar (finance) K. Rajeevan for clearing the inflated bills submitted by the agency without any checking since 2012.
Both of them were indicted in the chargesheet filed by the CBI. The Kasargod-based Matha security agency’s proprietor R. Rajendran is the third accused.
“The two officials were suspended to keep the CBI investigations free and fair,” Mr Byju told DC. Sources said that the CBI probe was in the final stage.
Earlier, an internal investigation headed by university vigilance officer Prasad Pannian too had found that the Matha security agency had been submitting exorbitant bills and getting them cleared for the last three years. After the fraud came to light, the university saved Rs 2.32 lakh in security bill just for one month.
Mr Gopinath, who joined the university as deputy registrar in 2009, was registrar in-charge for a part of the period when the alleged fraud was committed.
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