The Hindu

Udupi, Dec 22: The Manipal police have busted a forged certificate racket and have arrested one person in this regard.

The police said here on Friday that the Manipal University (earlier known as Manipal Academy of Higher Education — MAHE) authorities had registered a compliant at the Manipal police station on December 16, 2007, regarding the forgery of certificates.

According to the complaint, Vibrant Services Private Limited, a Bangalore-based company, had sent educational certificates and copies of statement of marks of BE degree exam (first to 8th Semesters) of a person, Sathyaprakash Rai, along with his provisional pass certificate, for verification to the university.

On verification, the Controller of Examinations found that such a student had not studied BE (Computer Science ) during 2001-2004 in Manipal University (earlier known as MAHE) and all the certificates were forged and fabricated. Signatures of the Director, Controller of Examinations, and the Vice-Chancellor of the university were found to have been forged.

The Manipal police questioned Sathyaprakash Rai, who reportedly revealed that a person Nagendra alias Chinna of Maruthi Nagar, Bangalore, had prepared the certificates for Rs. 10,000.

On further investigation, it was revealed that Nagendra had allegedly forged certificates of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh; State Board of Technical Education, Andhra Pradesh; Cochin University of Science and Technology; Andhra University; Andhra Pradesh Open University; Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh; Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh; Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh; Sri Venkateshwara University, Andhra Pradesh; Osmania University, Andhra Pradesh; Annamalai University; Magadh University; Sant Gadge Baba Amaravathi University; Maharashtra State Secondary Education Board; Kuvempu University, Shimoga; Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum; Adarsha College, Bangalore; SSLC Board, Karnataka; Pre-University Board, Karnataka; Gulbarga University and Bangalore University.

The police have seized a computer, two scanners, one colour printer, one mobile phone, some forged certificates, two bundles of papers used for printing forged documents, and cash of Rs. 4,500.