Manav Bharti University registrar held in fake degree scam

The Himachal Pradesh police on Friday arrested the registrar of Solan-based Manav Bharti University (MBU) in an alleged fake degree scam, taking the number of varsity officials held in the case to three.

Anupama Thakur, the registrar of the private university, was held after her anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a city court, Solan Superintendent of Police Abhishek Yadav said.

Earlier the varsity's assistant registrar, Munish Goel, was arrested on March 8 and two days later, its data entry operator Pramod Kumar was nabbed from his native village in Haryana's Karnal district.

Goel and Kumar have been remanded to police custody till March 16, the SP said.

He said the registrar will be produced before court on Saturday to seek her police custody.

Yadav told PTI that the university's owner Raj Kumar Rana might also be arrested in the case.

The SP said, "The fake degree scam is a huge one."