3rd-year AIIMS Jodhpur MBBS student suspended for appearing as proxy in NEET

Jodhpur: Two months after a third-year MBBS student from AIIMS Jodhpur was caught appearing as a proxy at the NEET-UG 2024 examination, the institute administration recently suspended the accused student who has not attended classes and has been missing since May 2. 

The AIIMS administration has stated that the accused student did not attend a recent examination held at the institute and they officially confirmed his suspension after receiving information from the police. 

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Speaking to TOI, the administration said "We received information from Bihar police about him, following which we suspended him. The police have urged us to share any information with them concerning the student."

Medica Dialogue team earlier reported that a third-year student from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Jodhpur was caught during biometric attendance at the examination centre in DAV School, Malighat, Bihar, minutes before the NEET-UG test on May 5 for allegedly appearing in place of a NEET aspirant. The examinee's admit card featured a picture of the third-year MBBS student.

The student confessed to impersonating the son of Dr. Pandey who owns a hospital in UP's Prayagraj in exchange for Rs 4 lakh but was allegedly allowed to leave after submitting a written apology to the authorities.

In his apology letter, the accused student said "I come from a poor family. I was promised Rs 4 lakh, which is why I agreed to write the exam on someone else's behalf." Further, he said that he met Dr Pandey, who allegedly wanted a proxy for his son, in Kota, Rajasthan.

The accused student who went to the examination centre as a proxy for the said doctor's son carried an admit card that featured the NEET aspirant's picture. Meanwhile, since the incident, the accused AIIMS student has been absent from college.

The incident came to light when station house officer (SHO) Ram Krishna Paramhans Kumar received this information from an undisclosed source and registered an FIR at Mithanpura police station in Muzaffarpur accordingly on the same day. Both the student and Dr Pandey were named in the FIR.

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