IndiaPosted at: Jun 15 2026 9:36PM


ED Attaches Properties Worth Rs. 13.83 Crore in Uttarakhand SC/ST Scholarship Scam

New Delhi, June 15 (UNI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Dehradun Sub-Zonal Office, on Monday said that it has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs. 13.83 crore in connection with its ongoing investigation into the SC/ST Scholarship Scam in Uttarakhand.
The ED initiated its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR registered by the Uttarakhand Police regarding the fraudulent availing and siphoning of post-matric scholarships meant for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students during the period from 2011-12 to 2016-17.
The investigation revealed that certain private educational institutions — Motherhood Institute of Management & Technology, Roorkee; Roorkee Institute of Management Sciences/Medical Sciences (RIMS), Haridwar; and Mahaveer Institute of Technology, Meerut — along with their managements and associated societies/trusts, fraudulently obtained scholarship funds released by the Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand, by showing ineligible, non-genuine and non-verifiable students as beneficiaries.
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