NEW DELHI: A Special Court (PMLA), Shimla, declared a man from Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district and his mother, involved in a Rs 387 crore Manav Bharti University fake degree scam, as Fugitive Economic Offenders as they have fled to Australia, an official said on Monday.
Mandeep Rana and his mother Ashoni Kanwar were declared Fugitive Economic Offenders by the Special Court on Saturday, accepting the application filed by the ED, Shimla Sub Zonal Office, the official said in a statement.
The two are allegedly involved in money laundering linked to the fake degree scam perpetrated by Mandeep Rana’s father, Raj Kumar Rana, an official said, adding they were declared fugitives under the provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) 2018.