AFTER HC REJECTS PLEA, KANPUR VARSITY V-C’S ARREST LIKELY

LUCKNOW : The arrest of Kanpur’s Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University vice-chancellor (V-C) Vinay Kumar Pathak is likely after the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday rejected his plea requesting quashing of an FIR lodged against him in a graft case.

Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), the investigating agency, is likely to seek prosecution sanction against Pathak.

Pathak has been accused of demanding a hefty commission from an agency to clear its bills worth Rs 1.4 crore when he was the officiating V-C of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra. The bills were for services obtained by the Agra university from the complainant’s firm in conducting examinations.

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