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Accountant held for students' fees fraud
Lucknow: An assistant accountant at Babu Banarasi Das University (BBDU) was arrested on Friday for embezzling students' semester fees by issuing a fake RTGS receipt instead of depositing the amount with the college.
"Anupam Shukla, 25, a resident of Bharatipuram Colony in Tiwariganj, was arrested near the Juggar railway bridge," said DCP Crime Kamlesh Dixit. He further said that the matter came to light after a student, Aman Singh submitted a written complaint at BBD police station alleging that he had paid Rs 60,000 in cash to Anupam Shukla as his semester fee on May 21, 2025. "Instead of issuing a proper cash receipt, the accused provided a fake RTGS/NEFT receipt.
The fraud was exposed when the college later informed Singh that his fee was still unpaid," the student said . The BBDU spokesperson, Kamil Rizvi, said, "We fear that over 80 students have been duped by the accused, and an internal committee has been formed to check the technical records." TNN
