Sumandeep Vidyapeeth President MK Shah held by ACB receiving Rs 20 lakh bribe

Vadodara: Piapliya based Sumandeep Vidyapeeth(deemed university)’s President Dr. M.K.Shah (Mansukh Shah) has been held by Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) for receiving Rs 20 lakh bribe.

Shah runs various colleges including physiotherapy, pharmacy, management, nursing, medical and dental colleges in his university. It is believed that he received bribe in the name of someone higher up in Medical Council of India. Dhrumil and Savant are two others held with Shah. A few days ago Income Tax department had conducted raids at Sumandeep Vidyapith.

Updates:

-Rs 20 lakh bribe was sought to pass a student.
A middleman was nabbed while receiving Rs 20 lakh by Gandhinagar based sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) at Vrindavan Chokdi.
-ACB sleuths later reached Sumandeep campus and detained President Mansukh Shah and two others. They conducted raids at four places including the office of Shah and his son, account department which is located half km away, a house in Kalyannagar society and Shah’s residence in Udyognagar area.
– Documents pertaining to income were seized by ACB team.
– The raid started at 1.30 pm and continued till late in the night.
– ACB Vadodara was kept out of the operation.
– Special Operation Group(SOG) cops were deployed outside the Vidyapeeth campus to prevent media and others to enter inside.
-The employees in Vidyapeeth campus were not allowed to leave the campus even in the evening. Their statements were recorded. Their cell phones were kept in switched off mode. Some relatives of women employees tried to protest such restrictions.
-The students who complete medical education in Russia, China and other foreign countries need to pass MCI exam for admission in post graduate course in India. It is understood that the middleman on behalf of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth was taking money to ensure passing marks in MCI exam.
– ACB team from Gandhinagar that conducted the operation had one woman DySP, 2 police inspectors and 15 cops.
– Two who were held by ACB team along with Shah are identified as Dhrumil and Sawant.
-Gujarat government has congratulated ACB for its action. Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said those guilty will not be spared.
-Gujarat Congress has today in a statement alleged that Sumandeep Vidyapeeth was collecting crores of Rupees of donation including Rs 70-80 lakh for MBBS seat and Rs 1.50 to Rs 2 crore donation for MDS seat.
-Mansukh Shah was arrested at 11.00 am after 18 hours of questioning. Rs 42 crore fix deposit slips are found in Sumandeep Vidyapeeth account office while Rs 1.5 lakh cash has been found at Dhrumil Shah’s residence.
-The names of those arrested with Mansukh Shah are Bharat Sawant and Ashok Tailor, while Dr Dhruvil Shah is on run. Sawant and Tailor had received the bribe money on behalf of Shah.
-ACB team raided Shah on complaint of a doctor couple from Ahmedabad whose daughter – a students in Sumandeep was asked to give Rs 20 lakh. The money was demanded from this students to allow her to sit in MBBS final exam. The parents of this student had already paid Rs 31 lakh fees.
-The student was allowed to fill form only after her parents gave Rs 20 lakh cheque to another middleman Dr Dhruvil Shah. Bharat alias Vinod Sawant was held while receiving cash in exchange of cheque later. ACB team caught Bharat when he spoke to Mansukh Shah over phone call.
-ACB team has recovered Rs 102 crore cheques in number of 220. Cheques were collected from parents of students as promise.
-Rs 1 crore assets including BMW,Audi,Merc cars are found at Shah’s residence.
-ACB team has sealed the account department of Sumandeep after taking statements from 50 employees.
-ACB assistant director DP Chudasama shared these details in press conference in Ahmedabad.
-The offense in this case is registered at Vadodara City ACB Police Station.
-ACB PI JJ Patel is investigating the case.
-In connection with 220 cheques that are found during the search, ACB Special Director Keshav Kumar appealed parents to come forward and give statement.

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