MBBS aspirant arrested for submitting fake NEET scorecard to gain admission at AIIMS Madurai
Madurai: With a motive to gain admission at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Madurai, a 22-year-old medical aspirant allegedly produced a fake NEET certificate following which he was arrested recently by the Kenikarai Police in Ramanathapuram district.
According to the police, the aspirant, a resident of Gangoti (PO) of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh attempted for NEET twice but failed to pass the entrance examination for the last three years. Later, he managed to score only 60 marks out of 700 in one of his attempts this year but didn’t want to disappoint his father and therefore, he created a fake scorecard with 689 marks.
The matter came to light when the aspirant took his father to the AIIMS campus and submitted the fake certificate during the counselling process on October 19 for admission to the first-year MBBS course. While verifying his scorecard on October 25, the management found it to be fake and informed the police about the alleged fraud.
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Based on the complaint filed by the management, the police registered a case against the aspirant under Sections 336 (2), 336 (3), 336 (4) of BNS and 73 and 74 of IT Act. He was arrested after the police confirmed that he had created a fake mark sheet through a thorough investigation of his cell phone and e-mail details
As per DT NEXT news report, the police investigation revealed that the candidate intentionally performed poorly in his NEET examination to manipulate and create a fraudulent scorecard to secure admission to the premier institute.
A press release issued by the Ramanathapuram District Police as reported by ETV Bharat said “A complaint was received from the management of AIIMS Medical College under Kenikarai police station limits in Ramanathapuram district that a suspicious person had come to AIIMS with NEET score list for college admission.”
“This year he wrote the NEET exam again and got only 60 marks out of 720 marks, but with the aim of getting admission to the AIIMS Medical College, he edited the mark sheet from the NEET examination centre and prepared a fake mark sheet and deceived his family,” added the press release.
Meanwhile, CP Ganesh Babu, Faculty (in-charge), Academics and Administration, AIIMS, Madurai told DT Next, “Usually an offer letter or admission letter is downloadable, but the letter showed his personal email account. Moreover, the scorecard was found to have an unusual signature of the student. Normally, a NEET scorecard won’t have the signature of a student.”
