MBBS admission fraud: 19-year-old student, parents arrested for forging NEET documents in Tamil Nadu
Chennai- In an admission scam in Chennai, the Crime Branch police have recently arrested a student and her parents for allegedly getting admission to the MBBS programme at Dindigul Government Medical College using forged National Eligibility and Entrance (NEET) Counselling certificates.
The accused has been identified as a 19-year-old student, who had scored 228 marks in the NEET exam but failed to secure a medical seat in the first round of counselling.
To gain admission, her parents reportedly fabricated documents showing that she had scored 456 marks and was allotted a seat at Dindigul Government Medical College.
Considering the documents to be genuine, college officials granted her admission. However, discrepancies were found during verification of admission details by the Directorate of Medical Education in Chennai.
The New Indian Express has reported that the authorities didn't find the girl's name in their selection list and mailed the documents to the Director of Medical Education (DME) in Chennai for verification of the certificates. But the officials found the marksheet and counselling order submitted by the student to be fake. Shocked by the reply, the Medical Superintendent of Dindigul Medical College Hospital lodged a complaint with the District Police Superintendent of Dindigul on October 3. A case was registered in the District Crime Branch on October 6, and police arrested them on Tuesday.
Later, a team led by Superintendent of Police Pradeep, Crime Branch DSP Kumaresan, and Inspector Muthulakshmi investigated the case and arrested the student and her parents.
Meanwhile, the Police said a case of forgery and fraud has been registered against the three, and further investigation is underway, reports Dinamalar. However, three of the accused were produced before the Dindigul court and remanded in judicial custody.
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