Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, May 29: While the scholarship scam in Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) has reached up to Rs 13 lakh so far, the two prime accused figuring in the scandal till now are still absconding.
A clerk of the Dean Student Welfare Section of the BGSBU, namely Muzaffar has gone underground after the police raided the J&K Bank branch at Darhal in connection with the scholarship scandal few days back. The bank cashier Ajaz Malik is still untraced and the Bank authorities said to have terminated the employee. Now police is conducting raids to nab him and his accomplice Muzaffar, serving in the university. Both are said to be relatives and hail from Darhal area.
SSP Rajouri, Dr Haseeb Mughal when contacted said that after completion of the scrutiny of the relevant record from the J&K Bank branch at Darhal, the scrutiny of scholarship record has started in Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University. He said the concerned dealing clerk Muzaffar is unauthorisedly absent from duty according to senior Varsity staff. He has not kept any leave or intimated the seniors, but some of his colleagues during questioning told the visiting police team that he has gone to Jammu for some personal work.
Replying to a question, the SSP said that for the last two days, the police team led by SDPO Thannamandi Iftikhar Talib is conducting investigation. The Varsity staff is fully cooperating the police team and the Vice Chancellor of the BGSBU has assured full coordination and support to the investigating agency. He said till now 42 cheques have been found diverted to the other fake accounts of the Bank and embezzlement to the tune of over Rs 13 lakh has been established. It is not necessary that they had managed to open such account in only one bank branch at Darhal. There is every possibility of having such fake accounts in some other bank branches in Rajouri. When the University record is fully scrutinized, more things would come to light.
Dr Mughal said most of the record is lying in the almirah of absconding Varsity clerk. He and his relative- bank cashier, is likely to be arrested shortly. The police teams were raiding their possible hideouts. They are also trying to obtain anticipatory bail from the courts but police is also in touch with their family members. The scam apparently pertains to 2012 onwards as per the record studied but investigation is still in progress. He said every body in the office of Dean Students Welfare was pointing towards Muzaffar, but it is yet to be established who else has connived with him in the Varsity. The SSP said that he was closely monitoring the investigation on day to day basis.
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