Medical seat scam: Search for other cases
Gang was arrested in Mangaluru on the charge of cheating aspirants
The Mangaluru police are trying to find out whether a gang of 10 persons, who were arrested on Saturday on the charge of cheating the parents of two MBBS seat aspirants of Rs. 10.8 lakh, have cheated others in the State.
The Mangaluru East Police had arrested them on the charge of cheating residents of Delhi and Rajasthan by promising them MBBS seats in the A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre by posing as employees of the medical college.
The incident came to light after the parents, Kamalsingh Rajpurohit from Delhi and Mahendar from Rajasthan, filed a complaint with the city police on Saturday.
The police said that no other complaints have been filed in the city so far. But, the police from a central Karnataka district have contacted them to ascertain whether the gang has any link with a case of cheating reported there. The police refused to divulge more information. “We are looking for other persons associated with this group,” Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh told The Hindu .
On September 5, one of the arrested reportedly sent messages to MBBS aspirants for seats in the A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre and in Kanachur Medical College.
Posing as staff member of A.J. Institute, the accused allegedly took a demand draft of Rs. 5.4 lakh each from Mr. Rajpurohit and Mr. Mahendar. The Mangaluru East Police arrested the 10 persons on Saturday and seized the two demand drafts, 20 mobile phones, and two laptops from them.
They had promised MBBS seats in A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre by posing as employees of the medical college.
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