Out of Rs 9.50 crore transferred from the account of Bhopal's Rajiv Gandhi Technological University (RGPV) to the account of Dalit Sangh Sohagpur, about Rs 1.25 crore was distributed to businessmen. Dalit Sangh Secretary Ratan Umre has delivered this amount to the traders.

This disclosure has been made by the Gandhi Nagar Police of Bhopal, which is investigating the case of transfer of Rs 9.50 crore from the account of RGPV to the account of Dalit Sangh.

Also, the police have made union secretary Ratan Umre and treasurer Ashok Chaurasia accused in this case.

It is noteworthy that this amount was deposited by the students in the university account as fees for examination, enrolment, registration and other processes.

According to the investigation report of Gandhinagar Police, Rs 9 crore 50 lakh was transferred from the account of the University to the account of Dalit Sangh Sohagpur on January 23, 2023. A few hours after the money was credited to the account, Dalit Sangh Secretary Ratan Umre withdrew Rs 3.2 crore. Whereas  Rs 55.73 lakh 73 were withdrawn through cheque. Apart from this, Secretary Ratan Umre had transferred Rs 25.65 lakh to his own State Bank of India account.

Out of Rs 9.50 crore deposited from the account of RGPV to the account of Dalit Sangh, Rs 3 crore 75 lakh were withdrawn through separate checks by Secretary Ratan Umre and Treasurer Ashok Chaurasia. This has been confirmed by Pipariya-based branch manager of ICICI Bank Sumit Jharia and Axis Bank manager Vinay Verma in their statements given to Gandhi Nagar Police. Ratan Umre had transferred a huge amount to his own account.

Bank managers Sumit Jharia and Vijay Verma told the police that Dalit Union Secretary Ratan Umre had transferred a large part of the money in the university's account to his own account operated in a private bank. Ratan Umre had given this amount of Rs 1 crore 34 lakh 48 thousand to many businessmen from ICICI Bank account. However, why this money was given to the traders has not been revealed.

The bail plea of Ratan Umre, secretary of Dalit Sangh Sohagpur and accused in the RGPV corruption case, was rejected by Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) Rampratap Mishra. Umre had filed a petition for anticipatory bail in the RGPV case on May 1 in the court of Judge Rampratap Mishra. The court heard this on May 2 and rejected the anticipatory bail petition on May 6.

In the anticipatory bail petition filed in Bhopal court, Dalit Sangh Secretary Ratan Umre wrote in his application – There is a lot of respect in the society. Honored by the President for social service. If the police arrest, social respect will be lost. The investigation of the case is likely to take a lot of time. The police want to arrest him even though he is innocent. If bail is granted, I will fully cooperate in the investigation of the case.

8 accused including Vice Chancellor, Registrar and Finance Controller

Sunil Kumar, then Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University RS Rajput, then Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University Hrishikesh Verma, Retd., Finance Controller, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University Kumar Mayank, then Manager, RBL Bank Private Limited Seema Verma, wife Hrishikesh Verma, retired, finance controller Ram Kumar Raghuvanshi, then Branch Manager, Axis Bank Pipariya Sunil Raghuvanshi, Co-Secretary, Dalit Union Sohagpur Ratan Umre, Secretary, Dalit Union Sohagpur.