UGC fund misappropriation: Police arrested college principal
Guwahati, Jan 21 (IBNS): Assam police on Sunday arrested a college principal for his alleged involvement in fraudulent expenditure of UGC fund.
According to the reports, the Dhemaji police arrested the principal of Sissiborgaon college in connection with the UGC fund misappropriation.
A top police official of Dhemaji district said a case was registered against Thanuram Bhuyan, principal of Sissiborgaon college.
UGC had released several crore of rupees to the college for infrastructure development but the college failed to submit utilization certificate (UC).
On the other hand, UGC has sent notice to over 20 more colleges in the state and asked to submit UC’s immediately.
A top official of state higher education department said that, several colleges are yet to submit UC’s to UGC.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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