61-Year-Old Sentenced to Five Years for MBBS Seat Fraud Under Puducherry Quota

Written By :  Anshika Mishra
Published On 2026-03-10 12:53 GMT   |   Update On 2026-03-10 12:53 GMT

A Puducherry court has sentenced a 61-year-old man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for forging nativity, nationality, caste, and birth certificates of his wards to secure MBBS admission through the Puducherry residents' quota in 2004 via the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC).

The fraud was detected during document scrutiny by CENTAC, following which a police case was registered for cheating and forgery.

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61-year-old gets 5 years jail for forging certificates to secure MBBS seats under Puducherry quota

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