CBI File FIR Against NIPER Director K K Bhutani for Fraud

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New Delhi ( ABC Live): NIPER Director K K Bhutani Arrest :The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against then Director; Officiating Director; Registrar & CVO; then Officiating Registrar; then Section Officer; then Deputy Registrar; Professor, all of NIPER(National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research), Mohali (Punjab); a private firm based at Thorat Colony, Erandwane, Pune (Maharashtra) and other unknown persons U/s 120-B r/w 420, 409, 467, 471 of IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(c) & 1(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988. A Preliminary Enquiry was conducted by CBI, ACB, Chandigarh and after completion of the said enquiry, the case was registered against the officials stated above.

It was alleged that the said officials of NIPER entered into a criminal conspiracy amongst themselves and with private firm of Pune for the purchase of database “SciFinder” on exorbitant rates causing loss to the State Exchequer. It was also alleged that the said officials along with some unknown private persons and officials of Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, New Delhi caused loss to the tune of crores of rupees to the State Exchequer by way of misappropriation of funds, falsification of accounts & diversion of funds from approved project to unapproved items etc.

Searches were conducted today at 22 places in Chandigarh, Mohali, Bathinda, Kurukshetra, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, New Delhi and Bhopal. This included residential & official premises of the accused which led to a recovery of incriminating documents relating to the case. In addition, FDRs worth Rs.13 lakhs(approx); bank balance of Rs.25 lakhs(approx); documents of properties worth Rs.50 lakhs (approx.) have been recovered from the residence of Officiating Director of NIPER and documents relating to five properties worth Rs.1.5 crores(approx) have been recovered from the residence of Registrar & CVO of NIPER.

Further investigating is continuing.

NIPER Director K K Bhutani