Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation today filed charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against four people, including the sacked vice chancellor of the central Viswa Bharati University founded by Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore at Shantiniketan in West Bengal.
Besides Professor Sushanta Duttagupta who was sacked by President Pranab Mukherjee in February, the other three named by the CBI are Gunashekharan, who was registrar at Viswa Bharati at the same time, Atul Prasad Trivedi, the current finance officer and Shyamala Rai Nair, the deputy registrar.
It is the appointment of the deputy registrar that has brought the CBI to Viswa Bharati. According to sources, a complaint was filed that Ms Nair did not meet the age and academic requirements for the post of deputy registrar.
The CBI also conducted searches at two premises each at Kolkata and Bhubaneswar.
Professor Duttagupta is the first vice chancellor to be removed from office in the current government's term. Complaints of nepotism and irregularities in finances and appointments were brought to Rajya Sabha by Congress lawmaker Pradip Bhattacharya late last year.
But the Ministry of Human Resources Development is believed to have insisted that he be sacked.
Besides Professor Sushanta Duttagupta who was sacked by President Pranab Mukherjee in February, the other three named by the CBI are Gunashekharan, who was registrar at Viswa Bharati at the same time, Atul Prasad Trivedi, the current finance officer and Shyamala Rai Nair, the deputy registrar.
It is the appointment of the deputy registrar that has brought the CBI to Viswa Bharati. According to sources, a complaint was filed that Ms Nair did not meet the age and academic requirements for the post of deputy registrar.
The CBI also conducted searches at two premises each at Kolkata and Bhubaneswar.
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Professor Duttagupta is the first vice chancellor to be removed from office in the current government's term. Complaints of nepotism and irregularities in finances and appointments were brought to Rajya Sabha by Congress lawmaker Pradip Bhattacharya late last year.
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But the Ministry of Human Resources Development is believed to have insisted that he be sacked.
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