The Tribune, January 2, 2003

KU Reader held for graft
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, January 1
The Kurukshetra University’s Hindi Department’s Reader and Kurukshetra University’s former Vice-Chancellor, late Ganpati Chander Gupt’s son, Dr Ramesh Gupta, arrested under the Anti- Corruption Act by the Haryana Vigilance Bureau allegedly for accepting Rs.10000 as bribe from a research scholar for signing his Ph.D. thesis here yesterday evening.

According to the complaint research scholar Pradeep Kumar, of Muwana, village in Jind district had been doing his Ph.D. on the topic ‘Hindi Katha Saahitya Ke Vikas Mein Videshi Hindi Vidwaano Ka Yogdaan, under the guidance of Dr Ramesh Gupt and yesterday was the last date fixed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the submission of the thesis. Pradeep Kumar alleged that his guide had demanded bribe for signing the thesis, before its submission. Pradeep Kumar said that when Dr Ramesh Gupt did not agree to his requests to sign his thesis he contacted Village Bureau, S.P., Yogender Nehra, who formed a team under the leadership of Vigilance Bureau, Inspector, Gurdvaya, The team raided the residence of Dr Ramesh Gupt on the University Campus here yesterday and recovered the 20 currency notes each of 500 denomination, (Rs 10,000) from the possession of Dr Gupt. After his arrest, Dr Gupt was got examined medically and sent to police. lock-up.