How fake kidnapping blew open a UP university scam run from a farm

How fake kidnapping blew open a UP university scam run from a farm Among the 5 arrested, an illiterate tea seller who was named chairman of the medical college and a quack who posed as a faculty member.

Key points

• 5 min read Lucknow Updated: Sep 20, 2026 10: 13 PM IST.
• Last Wednesday (September 16), one Ram Sevak filed a complaint with the Marhara Police Station, alleging that his brother, Satendra Kumar.
• Police in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district stumbled upon a fake medical college that had been operating for the past four years while probing a case of kidnapping.

What happened

5 min read Lucknow Updated: Sep 20, 2026 10: 13 PM IST. The fake university operating from a farm (Image: Special arrangement).

Police in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district stumbled upon a fake medical college that had been operating for the past four years while probing a case of kidnapping. It turned out to be fake.

Last Wednesday (September 16), one Ram Sevak filed a complaint with the Marhara Police Station, alleging that his brother, Satendra Kumar. This person runs BS Medical College and University, was kidnapped by three young men. He remarked that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of Rs 2 lakh. Police registered an FIR and began tracing Satendra's mobile phone locations, leading them to Agra, from where he was "rescued" on Saturday.

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around how fake kidnapping blew open a UP university scam run from a point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.