New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- A Special PMLA Court in Shimla has declared Ashoni Kanwar and her son Mandeep Rana fugitives under the provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act 2018 in connection with a fake degree scam.
The court passed the order on an application filed by the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Shimla Sub-Zonal Office.
The ED initiated its money laundering investigation based on three FIRs registered by the Dharampur Police Station in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The investigation revealed that the accused, Raj Kumar Rana, with the help of co-accused individuals, including his wife Ashoni Kanwar and son Mandeep Rana, sold fake degrees for money through agents and students. These fak...