India, Jan. 5 -- New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI) A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Shimla has declared Ashoni Kanwar and her son Mandeep Rana as fugitive economic offenders in the Himachal Pradesh fake degree scam case.

The accused were declared fugitive economic offenders as per the provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) 2018, based on the application filed by the ED's Shimla sub-zonal office.

ED initiated an investigation on the basis of three First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the Dharampur Police Station in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district under various sections of the IPC, 1860.

ED said its investigation revealed that the accused Raj Kumar Rana, with the help of his othe...