08-20-2007, 10:45 AM
KATHMANDU: Scores of unsuspecting Indian students have had their careers wrecked and they have been cheated of millions by an unscrupulous kin of Nepal King Gyanendra, who counted on his royal links to protect him from retribution.
However, nemesis finally caught up with Diwakar Chand, husband of Gyanendra's cousin and known as a bank defaulter, when a Patna student's year-long campaign for justice finally landed him behind bars.
Neelam Kumari Sharma, a 26-year-old from Patna, was one of students who were taken in by advertisements given by Chands Global Education Foundation in leading dailies in 2002. The foundation claimed offered to admit students at a discounted fee.
"I sat for medical tests in India and got admission to a dental college, but my family wanted me to do other courses and I enrolled in the Mahendranagar Medical College promoted by Chand," Neelam said. Her family took an education loan to pay Chand Rs 12.5 lakh.
However, two months after admission, the classes stopped. The students learned that the college had no government recognition. In 2005, when the King's regime began to totter, the college closed down. Outraged students besieged Chand, asking him to refund their fees.
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However, nemesis finally caught up with Diwakar Chand, husband of Gyanendra's cousin and known as a bank defaulter, when a Patna student's year-long campaign for justice finally landed him behind bars.
Neelam Kumari Sharma, a 26-year-old from Patna, was one of students who were taken in by advertisements given by Chands Global Education Foundation in leading dailies in 2002. The foundation claimed offered to admit students at a discounted fee.
"I sat for medical tests in India and got admission to a dental college, but my family wanted me to do other courses and I enrolled in the Mahendranagar Medical College promoted by Chand," Neelam said. Her family took an education loan to pay Chand Rs 12.5 lakh.
However, two months after admission, the classes stopped. The students learned that the college had no government recognition. In 2005, when the King's regime began to totter, the college closed down. Outraged students besieged Chand, asking him to refund their fees.
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