CBI registers case against former IGNOU VC

Soon after registering the case against Rajshekharan Pillai, the agency today carried out searches at his premises in Trivandrum and Kottayam.

The CBI has alleged that Pillai during his tenure as VC of IGNOU allowed Sikkim Manipal University and Punjab Technical University to run distance learning courses in violation of laid down procedures, sources said.

They said Pillai has been booked under charges of Prevention of Corruption Act, abuse of official position and criminal conspiracy.