India, Feb. 8 -- The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), the autonomous accreditation body for higher education institutes, has debarred Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, for five years from applying for certification on Saturday.

This comes a week after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three top officials of KLEF in the case pertaining to allegations of bribes being paid to secure an A++ rating for KLEF in Andhra Pradesh during a NAAC inspection.

The federal agency said that KLEF officials sought favourable accreditation by bribing NAAC inspection committee members. "Executive committee (EC) of NAAC has decided that the current accreditation process of involved ...