India, July 29 -- Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has approached police after an employee allegedly took money from a student and provided him with a fake B Com marksheet and degree certificate, officials said on Wednesday, July 29.

It received a complaint that Ramesh Mukhekar, who works in the accounts department allegedly accepted Rs 70,000 from a student promising to obtain a genuine degree certificate and marksheet for him, the university said in a statement.

Mukhekar allegedly sent the student images of documents on WhatsApp. They appeared to be original, but were actually fabricated documents.

"The employee is not attached to the university's Examination Department. The documents prepared and shared by him on WhatsApp do ...