Bengaluru: Three youths, including two contract employees of Indian Institute of Science have been arrested for swindling over ₹ 1.9 crore from the institute, by creating false documents.

The arrested have been identified as V Soundarya (25), Deepika (24) and Deepika's boyfriend Sachin Rao and the police have recovered ₹11 lakh in cash, 15 lakh worth gold jewellery and a car worth over ₹ 10 lakh. The police have also initiated action to confiscate two sites worth over ₹ 80 lakh purchased by the two in the name of Sachin Rao.

The duo had fabricated documents pertaining to scholarships for the students, who wanted to pursue research abroad and the financial assistance to the students who wish to attend international conferences. Since the two were working in the office of IISc Registrar,

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