Cops freeze 12 FIITJEE accounts linked to coaching centre founder, seize Rs 11cr

Noida: Police have frozen Rs 11 crore from 12 accounts linked to FIITJEE founder Dinesh Goyal as part of an investigation into the coaching institute's sudden closures in multiple NCR cities. Cops are also investigating nearly 200 current accounts linked to Goyal for potential financial irregularities.Last month, FIITJEE, which offers JEE coaching programme, abruptly closed its centres in Ghaziabad's Raj Nagar Extension, Noida Sector 62and Greater Noida, leaving hundreds of students and parents in a lurch. Multiple cases were registered against Goyal and the other centre owners since then.In Ghaziabad, four persons were named in an FIR filed by a parent. In Noida, nine people were booked on Jan 24 after 200 parents alleged criminal conspiracy and breach of trust against the centre and its owners. In Greater Noida, FIITJEE owner DK Goyal, CFO Rajiv Babbar, COO Manish Anand, and Greater Noida branch head Ramesh Batlish were booked on similar charges."Knowledge Park and cyber crime police teams have found about 172 current accounts and 12 savings accounts of private banks in various states related to the PAN card of FIITJEE founder Dinesh Goyal," additional DCP Ashok Kumar said. "Of these, information on 12 bank accounts has been shared by banks so far. We have frozen Rs 11.1 crore linked to these accounts," Kumar said.Last week, Noida police froze some 300 accounts tied to the fraud, recovering Rs 60 lakh. Cops sent notices to the account holders and owners of the centre too.FIITJEE earlier released a statement claiming that it did not close any centre, and that company officials were working to resume operations at all the places.