MUMBAI, July 11 -- On Thursday, school education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the assembly the suspension of deputy director of education, Sandeep Sangve, and ordered an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in college admissions. The twin moves came when the school education department was criticised by MLAs, over an alleged scam to the tune of Rs.2000 crore in recruitment of teachers holding fake credentials in government aided schools. They also alleged that a racket comprising department officers was thriving to make money by pressurising top colleges to admit ineligible students in the junior colleges.

BJP MLA Sanjay Upadhyay alleged that Sangve had created fake IDs on the government's Shalarth Portal to enable ineligible teac...