Delhi's law minister resigns following arrest over fake degrees

Delhi's Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was taken to a university in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday in connection with the investigation into his forged law degree.

Tomar, who was arrested Tuesday morning by Delhi Police over fake degrees, resigned late Tuesday night.

He, however, claimed that his law degree is genuine. "My degrees are absolutely genuine. It is a conspiracy by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the central government," Tomar said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police has said that it will launch a major probe to find out if his fake certificates are part of a bigger racket.

"If they were procured from somewhere, it will be important to zero down on the person... and if there is a racket, then who else did they provide such documents to," Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi said. Endi