Bhopal:It’s a scary script straight out of “Munnabhai MBBS”. In Madhya Pradesh, six government medical colleges were found to be training at least 114 potential doctors who gained admission by fraud, a government probe has found. There’s a bigger fear: several such Munnabhais from these institutions may have already graduated and practicing.
The students, mostly from rich families, had been joining MBBS courses since 2009 by paying crores between them to hire practicing doctors and talented medical students from UP, Bihar and elsewhere to write the Pre-medical test (PMT) on their behalf, forging photographs and signatures.
Medical education department sources said the middlemen had charged Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh from each student. Photos of imposters, instead of the actual aspirants, were pasted on the PMT application forms and admit cards. This has now led to suspicions that some government officials linked to PMT tests may have been involved. State minister for medical education Mahendra Hardia confirmed that 114 people had gained admission to MBBS courses by fraud. “Imposters wrote the PMT for these people. The committee found that signatures and photographs submitted were clearly forged,” he added.
‘DOCS’ IN DOCK
• 114 students gained admission in 6 govt medical colleges by fraud
• Students hired practicing doctors, talented students to write PMT on their behalf
• Middlemen charged 10-20 lakh from each student
• Photos of imposters on PMT forms, admit cards. Signatures forged
• Government officials linked to PMT may be involved MBBS scam: 50 suspended in MP
The probe, headed by MP’s joint director of medical education, submitted its report last month but the findings were revealed Wednesday. The investigation was ordered on complaints lodged in 2009.
The probe found that 26 of these fraudulent admissions happened in Bhopal, 36 in Gwalior, 8 in Indore, 21 in Sagar, 15 in Jabalpur and 8 in Rewa district. The medical education department has filed a police complaint and FIRs have been registered against 56 students. Some 50 others have been suspended from their colleges.
But even before the committee submitted its final findings, the state medical education department had attempted a damage-control exercise, rushing to introduce biometric identification system for PMT applicants.
The students, mostly from rich families, had been joining MBBS courses since 2009 by paying crores between them to hire practicing doctors and talented medical students from UP, Bihar and elsewhere to write the Pre-medical test (PMT) on their behalf, forging photographs and signatures.
Medical education department sources said the middlemen had charged Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh from each student. Photos of imposters, instead of the actual aspirants, were pasted on the PMT application forms and admit cards. This has now led to suspicions that some government officials linked to PMT tests may have been involved. State minister for medical education Mahendra Hardia confirmed that 114 people had gained admission to MBBS courses by fraud. “Imposters wrote the PMT for these people. The committee found that signatures and photographs submitted were clearly forged,” he added.
‘DOCS’ IN DOCK
• 114 students gained admission in 6 govt medical colleges by fraud
• Students hired practicing doctors, talented students to write PMT on their behalf
• Middlemen charged 10-20 lakh from each student
• Photos of imposters on PMT forms, admit cards. Signatures forged
• Government officials linked to PMT may be involved MBBS scam: 50 suspended in MP
The probe, headed by MP’s joint director of medical education, submitted its report last month but the findings were revealed Wednesday. The investigation was ordered on complaints lodged in 2009.
The probe found that 26 of these fraudulent admissions happened in Bhopal, 36 in Gwalior, 8 in Indore, 21 in Sagar, 15 in Jabalpur and 8 in Rewa district. The medical education department has filed a police complaint and FIRs have been registered against 56 students. Some 50 others have been suspended from their colleges.
But even before the committee submitted its final findings, the state medical education department had attempted a damage-control exercise, rushing to introduce biometric identification system for PMT applicants.
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