Cardiologist seeking MD admission for his MBBS son duped of Rs 15 lakh

Rajkot: In separate incidents, a cardiologist residing in Jamnagar and a trader from Junagadh fell victim to middlemen who swindled a total of Rs 33 lakh, promising admission for their sons in MBBS and MD courses in Indore.

A Cardiologist, serving as a director at a Jamnagar-based hospital, and a trader from Bantva town, Junagadh, both encountered financial losses. The Cardiologist's aspirations for an MD (Doctor of Medicine) course admission in Indore's NRI quota led to an INR 15 lakh loss, while Junagadh trader's hopes for an MBBS admission in the same city through a different agent resulted in an INR 18 lakh loss.

Recently, the Jamnagar-based cardiologist registered a complaint with the C-division police station against Dhaval Sanghvi. The complaint arose as the cardiologist's son, a recent graduate of MP Shah Medical College in Jamnagar with an MBBS degree, was actively engaging with multiple colleges in his quest to pursue an MD program.

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In the month of June the previous year, Sanghvi initiated contact with the Jamnagar based cardiologist while at the hospital, assuring him of his strong connections capable of facilitating his son's admission to Aurobindo Medical College. Sanghvi also underscored his prior success in assisting multiple Gujarat-based students with admissions to the college. Following this, Sanghvi reached out to the cardiologist once again within a brief period, emphasizing the limited availability of just one seat in the NRI quota and urging the doctor to arrive at a prompt decision. The Cardiologist consented and sent him INR 10 lakh by courier the following month. Following that, Sanghvi requested an additional INR 5 lakh to prepare documentation for the NRI quota.