- High Court directs to register FIR in college fraud case
Bhopal: In a major development, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered an FIR to be registered against Congress MLA Arif Masood for allegedly using forged documents to obtain recognition for a college. The move intensifies the legal troubles for the legislator from Bhopal.
The case, registered at the Kohefiza police station, revolves around the Indira Priyadarshini College, run by a society of which Masood is the secretary. The Higher Education Department had previously canceled the college’s recognition, citing a failure to submit required documents and meet necessary conditions.
Masood had challenged the derecognition in the High Court. However, the court’s scrutiny of the case revealed a different story. The bench, in a sharp observation, stated that a college could not have been run for so many years with fraudulent documents without “political patronage.”
While the High Court allowed the college to continue functioning for now to protect the students’ interests, it has imposed a complete ban on new admissions. The court has also ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to oversee the probe, underscoring the gravity of the allegations. The investigation will also look into the role of officials from the Higher Education Department who may have been complicit in the matter.
Given the seriousness of the matter, everyone’s eyes are now fixed on what action is taken next in this case.
