The agency had earlier found that as part of the racket, the accused “arranged” admission for people, desirous to go to the US illegally, in colleges and universities based in Canada.A Canadian student visa was applied for such people and once they reached that country, instead of joining the college, they “illegally” crossed the US-Canada border, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.”In view of this, the fee received by colleges based in Canada was remitted back to the individuals’ account,” the ED alleged.Indians were “lured” into the racket and charged between Rs 55 and Rs 60 lakh per person, according to the ED. The agency said it undertook fresh searches in this case on December 10 and December 19 at eight locations in Mumbai, Nagpur, Gandhinagar and Vadodara.It was found, the ED said, two “entities”, one based in Mumbai and the other in Nagpur, entered into an “agreement” for admission of Indians in universities based in foreign countries on a commission basis.
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