The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has reportedly registered a cheating case against FTIITJEE, a coaching institute chain that prepares students for competitive exams. The EOW had received 190 complaints from parents of students who studied at FIITJEE’s Preet Vihar centre in East Delhi, which was shut down in mid-January.
The case has been lodged under Sections 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at EOW police station.
The FIR has been registered under the IPC, as the complaints had started coming in since 2022. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the new criminal code of India, had came into effect on July 1, 2024, replacing the IPC.
