INICET MD Exam Fraud: 2 AIIMS Rishikesh Doctors among 5 Arrested

Dehradun: Amid the reports of the NEET UG paper leak scam, Police have now discovered a cheating scam in the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test for Doctor of Medicine (MD) exam, held by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

In this connection, Uttarakhand Police arrested two AIIMS-Rishikesh doctors and three other individuals on Sunday evening for allegedly facilitating cheating from a car near Barrage Road in Rishikesh, reports TOI.

The two doctors the Police detained were reportedly practising at AIIMS Rishikesh. One doctor hails from Jind, Haryana, another is from Patiala, Punjab. Apart from the others, Aman Shivach (24) of Rohtak, Haryana, Vipul Gaura (31) and Jayant (22) from Hisar, Haryana have also been arrested in this connection. The accused allegedly assisted three candidates at an exam centre in Himachal Pradesh during the exam held on Sunday. The daily adds that they used an instant messaging app for solving the question paper.

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As per the latest media report by the Times of India, three of the accused made a deal with the three candidates in Kangra. They sought the help of those two doctors by promising them to give Rs 2 lakh to each of them to solve the paper.

Commenting on the matter, the SSP of Dehradun, Ajai Singh told the Daily, "The three candidates paid half the amount, Rs 25 lakh, upfront, with the remaining amount to be given after the results are released on May 25. The candidates sent photographs of the question paper through the app, and the doctors provided answers through the same medium."

Following the arrests of these five accused, the police confiscated three tablets, several mobile phones, two medical course books and a car used by the accused. 

Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh informed that the investigation for identifying any of the additional suspects involved in the cheating scheme was underway.

Medical Dialogues had reported that the NEET UG aspirants have been demanding re-conduction of the exam citing the reports of paper-leak in the common entrance test for admission to UG medical courses. Earlier, around 13 people, including four examinees and their family members were arrested in Bihar for their alleged involvement in the paper leak of the NEET-UG exam.

Patna police sources had previously claimed that the NEET-UG question papers along with their answers were provided to around 20 aspirants a day before the date of the exam i.e. May 5, 2024.

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