CBI charges former IGNOU V-C Rajasekharan Pillai with corruption

New Delhi: The former vice chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, VN Rajasekharan Pillai, was on Thursday charged with corruption by the CBI.

Pillai is accused of favouring the Sikkim Manipal and the Punjab Technical universities without following due procedures.

The CBI on Thursday conducted raids at his properties in Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam in Kerala, following which a corruption case was registered against him.

Rajasekharan Pillai is accused of favouring the Sikkim Manipal and the Punjab Technical universities without following due procedures.

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