Two professors of NIT-K arrested for swindling ₹13 lakh citing NCC work
Two professors at the National Institute of Technology in Surathkal, India, have been arrested for allegedly submitting forged documents to claim fraudulent travel and allowance expenses. The accused reportedly swindled over ₹13 lakh by claiming to attend NCC camps they did not participate in.
Why it matters
This incident underscores issues of corruption and academic integrity within public educational institutions.
Police arrested two professors of the National Institute of Technology (NIT-K), Surathkal for claiming ₹13.51 lakh for travel, accommodation, and daily allowance by submitting forged documents to show that they attended NCC camps and duties.
The two professors were Associate NCC officers of the ‘ 2 Kar Engr Coy NCC (Army Wing)’ at the institute.
On September 2, P. Sam Johnson of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and H. Shivananda Nayaka of the Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (MACS), were booked under Sections 316 (2) (criminal breach of trust), 336 (3) (forgery committed with specific intention), 340 (using forged document), 316 (5) (aggravated form of criminal breach of trust by people in specific places of high responsibility, and 318 (4) (cheating) of BNS, 2023.
Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said that the accused will be produced before a magistrate.
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