Shimla is talking about one thing today: the arrest of a famous local businessman, Ranchordas Chanchad. He was taken into custody yesterday because he used a fake engineering degree to try and win a huge government project. This is a case of academic cheating at the highest level.
Ranchordas claimed his degree was from the respected Imperial College of Engineering. He needed this degree to qualify for the project tender, and he was very close to getting the deal.
But the police did their job well. During a normal check, they visited the college. They looked at pictures of the old students and spoke with the teachers who taught that year. The findings were a massive shock: Not one person at the college could recognize Ranchordas.
When they checked the college’s computer records, the file for "Ranchordas Chanchad" showed a completely different face, someone who was actually a student. This proved beyond doubt that the businessman never attended the college, and the degree was a complete fraud.
Now, the police are focused on finding out the main mystery: Who helped him get the fake degree? Was there a hidden group that makes and sells these false certificates? The whole business community is worried about this high-profile case.