Ex-Delhi law minister Tomar's science degree fake: Police sources

The Delhi Police, which took Aam Aadmi Party leader and former law minister Jitendra Tomar to Faizabad and Ayodhya as part of its investigation, have found that his BSc (bachelor in science) degree is fake.

Delhi police sources said that Tomar had no knowledge about anything related to his educational qualification when questioned at the Faizabaad Awadh University and the Ayodhaya Saket College. No such degree has been issued by the university or college in his name, said sources.

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The verification of Tomar's law degree is still underway. The investigating officers, however, found his name in the admission register of Vishwanath Singh Institute of legal Studies in Bihar's Munger.

Meanwhile, the Delhi court has extended the AAP leader’s police custody by two days.  

Tomar was produced in the Saket court on Saturday as his four-day police custody ended. The police had sought a 11-day custody to further investigate the case. 

Forty-nine-year-old Tomar quit as Delhi law minister after being arrested on charges of furnishing false degrees.

Image: Aam Aadmi Party leader and former law minister Jitendra Tomar. Photograph: PTI