College clerk arrested

PUNE: The Chatushrungi police on Tuesday arrested a clerk of a college in Pune Cantonment area for his alleged involvement in the re-evaluation scam.
The suspect, Salim Majid Shaikh (43), is a resident of Mithanagar in Kondhwa. Senior police inspector of the Chatushrungi police station Ajay Kadam told TOI that Shaikh would use his connections in the examination department in the University of Pune to get students passed in the re-evaluation process."Shaikh would charge Rs 20,000 per subject," Kadam said.
Salim Shaikh was earlier arrested on October 15 by the Cantonment police after his name came up during the interrogation of Gaus Shabbir Shaikh, who was arrested by the crime branch for allegedly sending bright students to write examinations in place of others in some colleges in the city.
Salim Shaikh's name cropped up again during the investigation of the re-evaluation scam case registered with the Chatushrungi police station.
"He was untraceable after getting bail from the court. On Tuesday we arrested him on a tip-off," said Kadam.