<div>Santosh Lohar, the vice-chancellor and Chief Operating Officer of the fake Bio-Chemic Education Grant Commission (BEGC), had hired a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, according to police. <br /><br />The IAS officer was appointed around a month ago but the moment he realised that Lohar locked the office and went missing, he quit, a senior police officer said. <br />Police are yet to identify the retired IAS officer. <br /><br />They are also verifying a report that Shyamal Dutta, the commission’s “Chief Executive Officer”, was arrested by the CBI in West Bengal. <br /><br />Representatives of various colleges and universities have approached the police to lodge a complaint. Krishnamurthy, principal of a nursing college in Sagar, Shivamogga, wants to lodge a complaint, the officer said. Lohar is an MBA graduate and had worked for some well-known companies in Bengaluru. He started the fake commission to make a quick buck, the officer added. <br /><br />The nursing college principal said, “Lohar posed as vice-chancellor and people accompanying him claimed to be IAS officers. They approached us, offering help in starting paramedical and biochemic courses. They came by a government car and inspected our campus and issued the permission letter a few days later. They even invited me to meet the senior officers in Delhi. Their planning was meticulous, there was no room for doubt.” <br /><br />Krishnamurthy said he realised being cheated when he tried to contact Lohar but he was unavailable. <br /><br />“After learning about his arrest, we have come to the JP Nagar police station to decide on the future course of action,” he said.</div>
<div>Santosh Lohar, the vice-chancellor and Chief Operating Officer of the fake Bio-Chemic Education Grant Commission (BEGC), had hired a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, according to police. <br /><br />The IAS officer was appointed around a month ago but the moment he realised that Lohar locked the office and went missing, he quit, a senior police officer said. <br />Police are yet to identify the retired IAS officer. <br /><br />They are also verifying a report that Shyamal Dutta, the commission’s “Chief Executive Officer”, was arrested by the CBI in West Bengal. <br /><br />Representatives of various colleges and universities have approached the police to lodge a complaint. Krishnamurthy, principal of a nursing college in Sagar, Shivamogga, wants to lodge a complaint, the officer said. Lohar is an MBA graduate and had worked for some well-known companies in Bengaluru. He started the fake commission to make a quick buck, the officer added. <br /><br />The nursing college principal said, “Lohar posed as vice-chancellor and people accompanying him claimed to be IAS officers. They approached us, offering help in starting paramedical and biochemic courses. They came by a government car and inspected our campus and issued the permission letter a few days later. They even invited me to meet the senior officers in Delhi. Their planning was meticulous, there was no room for doubt.” <br /><br />Krishnamurthy said he realised being cheated when he tried to contact Lohar but he was unavailable. <br /><br />“After learning about his arrest, we have come to the JP Nagar police station to decide on the future course of action,” he said.</div>
