CBI Registers Three Cases Against Then Vice Chancellor And Others Of Dr.Hari Singh Gour Central University

New  Delhi, February 20, 2015: The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the then Vice Chancellor; then Professor, Department of Chemistry; then HOD, Department of Botany; then Head, Department of Biotechnology; then Professor, Department of Zoology; then Professor, Department of Applied Geology; then Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, all of Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) and others U/s 120-B of IPC r/w Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 on the allegations that the then Vice Chancellor and the members of screening/ selection committee of Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University, Sagar during the year 2013, entered into a  criminal conspiracy with the non-eligible candidate and selected non-eligible candidate who was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Biotechnology department in the  recruitment against the vacant Self Finance post in Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar.

The second case has been registered against the then Vice Chancellor; then Dean, Chemical Sciences & Technology, then Head, Department of Chemistry; then two Professor of Department of Chemistry; then Professor, Department of Botany; then Professor, Department of Applied Geology; then Professor, Department of Microbiology; then two Assistant Professors & two others of Department of Chemistry; all accused of Dr.Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar (M.P.) U/s 120-B, r/w Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988. It was alleged that the then Vice Chancellor and the members of screening/ selection committee of Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University, Sagar during the year 2013, entered into a criminal conspiracy with the four non-eligible candidate and selected the non-eligible candidates, who were appointed as Assistant Professors in the Chemistry department and thereby, they provided unduly favours to the said selected candidates.

The third case has been registered against the then Vice Chancellor, the then Librarian, then Head of the Department of Geography(Member of screening Committee), all the three of Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar(Madhya Pradesh); then Reader & Head of the Department of Library & Information Science, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh(Member of screening Committee); then Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh(Member of Selection Committee); then Prof. of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal(Member of Selection Committee); then Dean Department of Library & Information Science, Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh(Member of Selection Committee); former Librarian, Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh(Member of Selection Committee); then Professor of Library & Information Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh(Member of Selection Committee) and another Member of Selection Committee U/s 120-B of IPC r/w Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 on the allegations that the members of the screening committee and the members of the Selection Committee entered into a  criminal conspiracy with a candidate to favour the candidate. In pursuance of the said criminal conspiracy, they abused their official positions by selecting non-eligible candidate in the post of Librarian for Jawahar Lal Nehru Library of Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar and thereby, they provided undue favours to the selected candidate.

After registration of the said cases, searches were conducted today at 8 places at Sagar, Jhansi and Kanpur, at residential premises of the accused persons. During searches, various incriminating documents, investment documents & 3 locker keys, etc. have been recovered.

Investigation is in progress. / (SK Vyas, Jalandhar)