LG has taken a very serious stance on this. (Represent)
New Delhi:
Delhi police have arrested an assistant professor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University for allegedly introducing his sister’s name to a teacher by posing as Central Governor VK Saxena, the LG secretariat said. know on Friday.
A call to recommend the appointment of a specific candidate in the university’s English department was made to GGSIU vice-chancellor Mahesh Verma on September 30 by an unidentified person impersonating LG, it said. in a statement.
The VC contacted LG’s secretariat to verify the authenticity of the call. He noticed that no such calls were made after which the incident was reported to the police. An FIR was registered as an impersonator at the Dwarka police station on October 2, it said.
The recruitment exercise was later cancelled.
“During the investigation, the defendant was identified as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, who made a phone call, posing as LG, to appoint his sister to the university’s English department.” the statement said.
From the call detail record (CDR) of the deputy prime minister’s landline number, it was revealed that the call was made from a number based in the UK.
After investigation, it was further determined that the UK number was also used to call the mobile phone numbers of the associate professor’s sister and father, it said.
The duo gave the accused’s name during interrogation. The defendant arrived in the UK on September 27. An instruction circular (LOC) has been initiated against him and an investigation is underway, it said.
During the initial investigation, the university also found the involvement of several other officials in the incident and that appropriate action against them was initiated, the statement said.
It was also discovered that the defendant was in the UK without prior mandatory authorization from the competent authority and the university also issued him a notice of cause.
According to the statement, LG has taken the matter extremely seriously and stressed that his operating style has never been to make calls or entertain any offer-related inquiries. , interests or unethical behavior.
He also warned all concerned to strictly check with his secretariat in case they receive any such call or message.
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