Kerala: 3 medicos debarred for five years for impersonation in MBBS exam

Suspicion grew as in the answer sheets of these students there were variations in the registration serial number. Consequently, the college and the University decided to probe further and they found that the handwriting did not match with their previous answer sheets. The authorities also found a mismatch in the barcodes on the registration number slip and the answer book.

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"We have debarred the students for five years from writing examinations. The University couldn't find how the cheating was done and who the culprits are. Our doubt was strengthened after it was found that there was a huge difference in the marks obtained by the students this time and previous times on the same subject. We also found variations in handwriting," KUHS Pro Vice-Chancellor Dr CP Vijayan told The News Minutes.

However, the University did not find out exactly how the cheating was done but it reportedly suspected since the question paper was delivered online, the printout of the question paper and answer book were handed over to someone else, who wrote the exam. Later, the answer books were returned.

KUHS vice-chancellor Dr Mohanan Kunnummal called on the Chancellor and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to brief him about the incident. Health Minister Veena George directed the KUHS vice-chancellor to conduct a proper inquiry into the impersonation reported in the Part I (additional) exams of third-year students which were held in January this year and take stern action against those who are found guilty.

The inquiry panel of the university also reported that one of the students' answer sheets had gone missing. In the course of further investigation, the three students admitted that the handwriting on the answer books was not theirs.