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According to a statement issued by the STF, one of the accused, identified as Ramshankar Gupta, would pretend to be either a security officer of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, or an Indian Administrative Service/Provincial Civil Service officer serving as special secretary (investment) in the government...
He allegedly used a pseudonym, Ashish Gupta, and also portrayed himself as vice-chancellor of the Socrates Social Research University (SSRU) in Delhi...
The STF statement says the accused demanded money from owners of big companies/contractors and administrative/police officers on the pretext of helping them get tenders and transfers/postings, respectively...
Five mobile phones and 14 identity cards including those for protocol officer of UP CM, vice-chancellor of Socrates university and member of Delhi High Court Bar Association have been recovered from the accused, along with two letter pads, for special secretary (investment) in UP government, and V-C of Socrates university, the statement says, adding that 18 visiting cards of Socrates university were recovered as well...
So far, he has duped around 100 students on the pretext of facilitating them in getting training with Hindustan Scouts & Guides Association [taking Rs 7,500 from each of them], and trapping them by claiming to help them get a job, the STF statement says.. The website for SSRU appears to project it as an educational institute, but Suresh Kain, a member of its welfare committee, told ThePrint that it is not a university but an NGO registered with the Delhi government and the NITI Aayog...
