Police officers in Madhya Pradesh formed a three -member Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday, which will investigate the allegations that Congress MLA Arif Masood is operating a college based on fake documents, so that his institute can be recognized.

Officials said the SIT will be headed by Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Telecom Sanjeev Shami and Deputy Inspector General of Chhindwara Range Kalyan Chakraborty and Assistant Inspector General of Inspector General and Nimisha Pandey are other members of SIT.

Arif Masood is the secretary of Aman Education Society

The government had canceled the recognition of Indira Priyadarshini College Bhopal, run by the Aman Education Society, which was challenged by Masood in the High Court. Masood is the secretary of this society.

During the hearing of the petition filed by the MLA, an FIR has been lodged against him on a directive passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

FIR has been recorded in these sections

Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Bajpai said that an FIR has been lodged under sections 420 (fraud) and 471 (using fake documents) of the Indian Penal Code at the Kohifija police station.

What did the court say to the DGP?

A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Pradeep Mittal ordered the Bhopal Police Commissioner to register an FIR against Masood within three days in Jabalpur on Monday. The court said that the DGP should constitute a special investigation team to investigate the case.

Arif Masood is an MLA from Bhopal Central

Please tell that Arif Masood is a Congress MLA from Bhopal Central. He became an MLA for the first time in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections of 2018. At the same time, he won the second consecutive time in the 2023 election. Arif Masood has also lived in Samajwadi Party.