MBBS Seat Fraud: Candidates who failed to clear NEET cheated of Rs 25-30 lakh by Noida based gang

As per a recent media report, there are at least 6 such complaints registered in the police station where the medical aspirants got cheated in the name of granting medical seats. Most of the victims claimed that all of them were NEET aspirants but they failed to pass the test. However, they received phone calls where the callers suggested them to take admission in exchange for money in the Banda based medical college through central government quota.

Some of these medical aspirants also visited an office at IThum Tower in Noida's Sector 62 which was supposedly the office of the fraudsters and subsequently the aspirants were shockingly taken to meet the "dean" of the college on the institute's premises itself.

Times of India reports that one of the medical aspirants mentioned in his complaints that he took coaching for the NEET exam from an institute but he failed to clear the exam and was preparing to take the exam again. Meanwhile, he received a call that offered him a seat under the central pool quota in a Government Medical College.

Enticed by the offer, he took the bait thinking it to be the best way to save one academic year. The callers told him that in every college there is a central pool quota under which a medical aspirant can reserve a seat and secure admission by making a donation. " They offered me a seat for Rs 30 lakh and demanded Rs 15 lakh prior to the admission. We were called to their Noida office at IThum tower where we met the accused who demanded Rs 50,000 as a security charge. I transferred Rs. 20,000 in their account and they claimed that they will send my form to the Directorate General for Medical Education (DGME), UP," he told TOI.

The student again received a call on December 20 where the accused asked him to deposit Rs 45,000 by demand draft in favor of the college and told him to pay the rest of Rs 5 lakhs to the Dean in advance. On January 28, the accused allegedly called the complainant and informed him that the allotment letter could not be passed and the student would need to pay an additional Rs 2 lakh to ensure the confirmation of his admission.

Anxious about his career, the student complied and transferred Rs 1 Lakh in the account details given to him. Despite this, on January 29th, a few days before the commencement of official classes, the complainant received a message from the accused stating that authorities had started an investigation in the college and the admissions were going to be canceled soon.

After that, there was no trace of the fraudsters as their phones remained switched off and they fled from their Noida based office.

"Since then, their mobile phones remain switched off and their office has been locked. They had claimed that the classes will start from February 2," the student informed.

ACP Rajnish Kumar told TOI that a probe will be initiated in the case after which an FIR will be lodged under relevant IPC sections. There are 6 such cases where the complainants were duped of hefty amounts on the pretext of medical admission and the police are suspecting that the number of victims may increase further, reports the daily.