In connection with the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) bribery case M.S. Shyamsundar, adviser, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), has been suspended. Sources in NAAC have confirmed the suspension.
However, when The Hindu called the chairman and the director of NAAC, they did not respond.
In connection with the KLEF bribery case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested six people, including Gayatri Devaraj, professor of Davangere University and member of NAAC inspection committee. The CBI has registered a case against 14 people, including M. Hanumanthappa, from the Department of Computer Science, Bangalore University.
“Koneru Satyanarayana of KLEF and G.P. Saradhi Varma had delivered a bribe of ₹10 lakh to Mr. Hanumanthappa and L. Manjunatha Rao for arranging favourable NAAC inspection team etc., out of which ₹5 lakh was meant to be delivered to Mr. Shyamsundar, and the remaining ₹5 lakh to Mr. Hanumanthappa and Mr. Rao,” the CBI FIR stated.
However, Mr. Hanumanthappa hasn’t been suspended yet.
Published – February 10, 2025 10:07 pm IST