Bihar university likely to cancel Tomar’s degree

BHAGALPUR: The TM Bhagalpur University (TMBU) in Bihar is set to initiate a move to cancel the law degree issued to former Delhi law minister Jitendra Singh Tomar.

The university on Wednesday decided to place a proposal for cancellation of Tomar’s degree before the examination board next week, an official of TMBU said on the condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak on the matter.

Following the approval by the board, the TMBU syndicate would have to give the proposal a go-ahead, he said, adding that the matter would then be sent to the chancellor for his assent.

Action is also likely against employees indicted in the report of TMBU’s internal inquiry. More than one dozen employees, including some senior ones, have been indicted.

Meanwhile, a three-member Delhi Police team that arrived here on Tuesday, visited the campus on Wednesday again. Sources said, the team continued cross-examination of TMBU officials and found several irregularities in issuance of the degree.

Tomar had claimed he had been a student of Vishwanath Singh Institute of Legal Studies, Munger, which is under TMBU, between 1994 and 1998 and go this LLB degree after passing the exams on September 15, 2012.

It is alleged that Tomar never attended classes and managed to get the degree with the help of the staff of the law college.

Tomar, however, said he has not received any communication from the university in this regard. “I have no information about the issue. But I don’t think, the university can do that as per law. The matter is sub-judice,” Tomar said.