Fake degree case: Shimla court declares private varsity promoters fugitive economic offenders
Abuse of power and potential large-scale harm to students through a fake degree scheme.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has declared two promoters of a Himachal Pradesh-based private university, Mandeep Rana and his mother Ashoni Kanwar, as Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) in a money-laundering case. The declaration was made under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) of 2018 after an ED charge sheet was filed against Raj Kumar Rana, the main promoter and husband of Ashoni Kanwar, and 15 others in December 2022. Both Mandeep Rana and Ashoni Kanwar are currently based in Australia.
3 JAN 2026
· THIS STORY — The Hindu
Fake degree case: Shimla court declares private varsity promoters fugitive economic offenders
— The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate declared Mandeep Rana and Ashoni Kanwar, promoters of Manav Bharti University, fugitive economic offenders after they failed to comply with court orders.
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