In the same case, STF has also arrested Rajasthan businessman Ajay Jain and he has been handed over to Indiranagar police after interrogation.
Professor Vinay Pathak, Vice Chancellor of Kanpur University
Uttar Pradesh In Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Kanpur Vice Chancellor Vinay Pathak He has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF). Vinay Pathak along with his associate Ajay Mishra is accused of taking a bribe of Rs. The STF had arrested Pathak’s aide Ajay Mishra on charges of extortion and intimidation in connection with the incident. The Yogi Adityanath government had directed an inquiry into the allegations of corruption against Pathak.
In the same case, STF has also arrested Rajasthan businessman Ajay Jain and he has been handed over to Indiranagar police after interrogation. In this case, the sections of embezzlement, cheating, forgery and conspiracy have been increased in the FIR registered against Ajay Jain in Indiranagar police station.
Kanpur University Vice Chancellor Professor Vinay Pathak arrested. STF arrested for managing commission money, after interrogation, STF handed over Ajay Jain to Indiranagar Police.#Lucknow @lkopolice @uppstf pic.twitter.com/BRNxUyF8b2
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What is the whole matter?
Let us inform that David Mario Danish of Jankipuram, owner of a private company conducting the examination, had registered a case at Indira Nagar police station in Kanpur. Danish alleges that during the tenure of Vinay Pathak, who was the VC of Agra University, he had given money to Ajay Mishra for payment of bills when he was pressurized. David’s company was working with Agra University from 2014-15 to 2020. During Pathak’s tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of Agra University, his company had conducted the examination under a contract.
What allegations did David Mario Danish make?
David said that when he met Vinay Pathak at his residence in Kanpur University to clear his dues, he was told that he would have to pay a commission of 15 per cent. After this, at the behest of VC Pathak, I gave Rs 1.41 crore to his colleague Ajay Mishra. Later my company was blacklisted and I was threatened with dire consequences.
Dr Pathak has been Vice Chancellor in many universities
Dr. Vinay Pathak was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University for 3 years. Prior to this, Professor Pathak was made the Vice-Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani in 2009, and Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, Rajasthan in the year 2013. The next year, in 2014, he was entrusted with the responsibility of Vice-Chancellor of Rajasthan Technical University Kota and then in 2017 Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur. Along with this, Vice Chancellor Dr Pathak was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the only technical university in Uttar Pradesh, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow in 2015.
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