PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE / Dehradun
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday arrested three fathers for allegedly using forged documents to secure MBBS admissions for their daughters in medical colleges in Uttarakhand. The arrests have taken the total number of accused held in the case to eight.
The accused have been identified as Praveen Kumar of Muzaffarnagar, Jagpal Singh of Haridwar and Rampal Singh of Bijnor. The SIT, led by superintendent of police (Rural) Jaya Baluni, said that the three fathers allegedly arranged forged Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and freedom fighter dependent certificates to facilitate their daughters’ medical admissions.
During questioning, Kumar and Jagpal allegedly told the SIT that they had contacted Rupesh Pandit, who ran an education consultancy named MECODO Pathshala in Meerut. Pandit allegedly arranged admissions to private universities in India and abroad for various courses in return for commission. Kumar allegedly paid him Rs 25 lakh, while Jagpal paid Rs 30 lakh for the documents, the SIT said.
The forged documents were allegedly used to secure admission to a medical college for Khushi and enable Swati to participate in NEET counselling.
Rampal allegedly worked with his acquaintance Kumar to arrange forged documents for his daughter, Tripti, who secured admission to GMC Medical College in Haridwar through NEET, Baluni said.
The case came to light after applications submitted through the government portal for freedom fighter dependent certificates were found to contain forged documents. Two cases were registered at Raipur and Clement Town police stations on September 13.
