Lucknow. A sensational revelation has been made about the black business of fake degrees and marksheets in the capital Lucknow. Police have busted an interstate gang and arrested three accused including the kingpin. The surprising thing is that this entire network was being run by a PhD holder himself, who was extorting lakhs of rupees by showing the youth of the country the dream of getting a degree without any hard work.
DCP East Shashank Singh told in a press conference on Sunday that this gang was preparing fake degrees and marksheets of more than 25 universities of the country. Fake degrees of courses like B.Tech, BCA, MCA were sold for Rs 25 thousand to Rs 4 lakh. These degrees were mainly used in private jobs.
On the information of the informer, the police conducted a raid in Gomtinagar area and arrested three members of the gang. The accused have been identified as gang leader Satendra (PhD holder), Akhilesh and Saurabh. Investigation revealed that the gang used to get fake degrees and marksheets printed in a printing shop located in Gomtinagar.
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DCP East told that the accused Swami Vivekananda used to prepare fake degrees of many famous universities including Subharti, Kalinga, Sabarmati. A huge amount of money was collected from the students on the pretext of getting them a degree without examination and hard work.
A large quantity of objectionable material has been recovered during the police action. In this
During interrogation, the accused confessed that they used to cheat innocent students by luring them with the promise of getting a degree without any hard work. Police have registered a case against the three accused in Gomtinagar police station under sections 319(2), 318(4), 338 and BNSS.
DCP Shashank Singh said that this gang was working on a very large scale and its links may be connected to other states also. The police are now busy investigating the entire network and more arrests are likely to be made soon.
