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.

In September 2022, when the admission process commenced, the cardiologist discovered that the college had no NRI quota seats. He immediately reached out to Sanghvi, who had previously assured him of securing admission at the same institution. Subsequently, in October, the cardiologist's son obtained admission to a college in Jaipur based on merit, but Sanghvi failed to reimburse the funds.

 According to TOI report, Junagadh trader was likewise deceived with the same promise, this time by a different middleman named Ketan Govindiya. In this case, trader's son, was in pursuit of MBBS admission outside of Gujarat due to his lower NEET scores in 2019. The aspirant obtained Govindiya's contact number, who resided in Udaipur, from a friend. Govindiya assured them of securing admission to an Indore college in exchange for INR 18 lakh. Consequently, the father-son duo made their way to Ahmedabad, where Govindiya had an office situated on Science City Road.

With the assurance of a refund in the event of admission failure, Junagadh trader utilized INR 18 lakhs from his father's retirement funds. Unfortunately, his son did not secure admission in the 2019 academic year. Seeking resolution, the trader personally journeyed to Govindiya's Udaipur residence, where he was provided with three cheques. However, upon attempting to deposit these cheques, all were returned unpaid by the bank. This revelation left Junagadh trader with the stark realization that he had been deceived, leading him to file an official complaint.