Shimla, Aug. 3 -- An old investigation into the alleged multi-state fake degree racket at Himachal Pradesh's Manav Bharti University (MBU) has snowballed into a major political controversy, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the present Acting Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Tiwari, of delaying criminal proceedings during his tenure as Additional Director General of Police (Crime Branch-CID).

The Himachal Pradesh Police has rejected the allegations through an official clarification, while Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu dismissed the BJP's charges as "false propaganda" and accused the opposition of attempting to politicise an ongoing investigation.

The controversy resurfaced after former minister and BJP leader...