Police recovered hundreds of fake marks cards from over 40 universities across the country at an office in Mahalakshmi Layout.
The Bengaluru police busted a fake marks card racket in the city on Wednesday after arresting the owner of Sri Venkateshwara Educational Institute. The Central Crime Branch sleuths received a tip that a fake marks card racket was being run in Mahalakshmi Layout. The sleuths raided the premises of Sri Venkateshwara Institute in Mahalakshmi Layout late on Tuesday night and arrested Sandeep Reddy (45), the owner. The police also recovered over 45 stamps belonging to several open universities across the country and marks card printing material. CCB sleuths say that Sandeep Reddy allegedly came to Bengaluru 14 years ago and worked as an IT consultant. However, five years ago, he allegedly started the Sri Venkateshwara Institute, which allegedly provided career counseling services and also training for those pursuing various degrees like engineering and commerce. Police say that Sandeep Reddy allegedly duped people by stating that the institute would help them obtain their degree certificates from the college of their choice and also act as an examination centre for those who wanted to do correspondence courses. “We are still trying to figure out his modus operandi. So far, we have reason to believe that Sandeep Reddy duped some people who were seeking degrees through correspondence course. However, there is suspicion that there were people who knew about his activities and paid for the fake degree marks cards,” a CCB official said. Investigating officers say that Sandeep allegedly charged Rs 2.5 lakh for a Bachelors degree in engineering and charged up to Rs 8 lakh for an M.Phil degree certificate. “We suspect that he has made crores of rupees. Since we arrested him only today, we are yet to find out the extent of the scam. We have recovered hundreds of fake marks cards from over 40 universities in the country at his office. We also raided his house on Tuesday night and recovered the stamps used for these marks cards,” the police added. The police have booked Sandeep Reddy under sections 420 (cheating) and 419 (cheating by impersonating) of the IPC.
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