HIMACHAL PRADESH SCHOLARSHIP SCAM, RELATED TO DISBURSAL OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BY THE DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, MONITORED BY THE HIGH COURT, UNDER PMLA, HAS BEEN CONCLUDED BY THE CBI, FILES CHARGES AGAINST 20 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES.

The Scholarship scam of the department of education Himachal Pradesh has been concluded by the CBI and has filed chargesheets against the twenty institutions and 105 persons, including the owners of the said institutions, personnel from the Directorate of the higher education, bank officials and the other private persons . During the course of investigations, 19 persons including employees of the Directorate of the higher education, Shimla and chair persons, vice chair persons, director, employees of the educational institutes and the bank officials were arrested. The CBI is taking cognisance of the matter since 2019 and booked private educational institutions of the state of Himachal Pradesh for fake and fraudulent claims of scholarship around 181 crores. There after the Himachal Pradesh High court monitored the investigations and status reports were filed accordingly. The case pertains to the misuse of the scholarship scheme/reimbursement of fees launched by the center and implemented across the state government to help the students of the SC/ST/OBC categories. Based on the CBI's FIR the ED also investigated disbursal of scholarships by the Himachal Pradesh directorate of higher education. Last year the ED had raided, 24 locations in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi under PMLA and taking cognisance in the matter.