Rohtak University MBBS Exam Scam: Police Seek Academic Records of 24 Students
Haryana- In the alleged MBBS exam scam at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHSR), Rohtak, the district police have now sought academic records of 24 MBBS students from the University, as the probe into the exam irregularities deepened.
On this, confirming the move, DSP Dalip Singh informed Tribune, “The examination records are crucial for verifying the extent of answer sheet tampering and related irregularities before we begin formal interrogations of the accused students”.
Along with this, he said that UHSR employees Roshan Lal, Rohit and Deepak, who have confessed to their roles during interrogation, are now in judicial custody. However, he refrained from giving further details, citing the ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, the university has now recommended an FIR against 41 persons, including 24 students and 17 officials. This has been done after the university received a complaint about the irregularity as early as March 2023 but failed to investigate the matter.
According to a TribuneIndia media news report, sources have revealed that in 2023, UHSR officials received a written complaint alleging that several MBBS students of a private college had cleared their supplementary exams by paying Rs 1 lakh to Rs 4 lakh per paper. The complaint included the roll numbers of the students involved but did not have any contact numbers, giving only an incomplete address with the name of a locality and city.
The complaint urged the then UHSR Vice Chancellor Anita Saxena to investigate the matter thoroughly and take strict action to unravel the scam and punish those involved. It was initially sent to the then Controller of Examinations (COE), who forwarded it to the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) for investigation on March 16, 2023. However, the CVO returned it asking for the complainant's contact details.
Following this, the examination branch expressed displeasure over the complaint, saying no such details were available and requested that the matter be settled “at your own level”. The CVO then sought guidance from the university registrar Dr HK Agarwal to find out the complainant's complete address. Dr Aggarwal, in his response, noted that “there is no mechanism to obtain the address in such sorts of complaints but an inquiry may still be conducted based on available records in the examination branch, as the allegations appeared serious", quoted TribuneIndia.
Despite this suggestion, the CVO sought more details from the COE for further action. Eventually, the complaint was lodged citing a directive from the Haryana chief secretary that complaints with incomplete addresses cannot be investigated.
However, nearly 18 months later, in January 2025, while serving as acting vice-chancellor, Dr Agarwal received another complaint about the same scam. This time, he acted immediately where he suspended two employees, terminating the services of three outsourced workers and transferring several others. He also constituted a three-member committee to investigate the allegations.
Based on the panel's findings, Dr Agarwal on Friday recommended lodging an FIR against 41 persons, suspending six regular employees and terminating the services of six others.
