MBBS Exam Scam at Rohtak University: Students were 'Middlemen' in Bribery Racket- say sources

According to a Tribune media news report, sources said several students of a private medical college acted as middlemen, collecting money from their peers in return for helping them pass subjects they had failed. These student "agents" allegedly received a commission from the racketeers for each transaction.

As per the source, the racketeers used to directly contact students who failed in a subject, and make money with the assurance them of passing in the next attempt. When these students passed by paying money, they were inducted into the network. They would then keep an eye on other students who failed and offer them similar help in exchange for money. The racketeers initially charged students between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh per subject.

The matter came to light when some students who had paid money still failed in the exam. These students demanded their money back from the middlemen, leading to conflicts in the network.

On this, an MBBS student, who later turned informer, lodged a formal complaint with the UHSR authorities last month, exposing the details of the scam. The complainant alleged that the racketeers used multiple mobile phones and WhatsApp calls to evade detection. Therefore, the complainant has urged that the authorities should retrieve the WhatsApp call history to find out the full extent of the network and identify all the students involved in it, reports Tribune.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that it had come to light that a total of 46 blank answer sheets of the MBBS examination held at the varsity in January-February 2024 had gone missing. The revelation came after a three-member fact-finding committee submitted its inquiry report to the university authorities on February 13, which stated that some of these missing answer sheets were used during an examination held at the university in April-May 2024.