Accused MBBS student leaked 3 papers: Police

CHANDIGARH: An MBBS student from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak, has been involved in leaking question papers or answer keys of least three prestigious exams, including All India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Test (AIPMT) and Delhi's AIIMS in 2012, police have said.

Haryana police arrested Ravi Kumar along with three other accused, including two dental surgeons from Rohtak, on Sunday in connection with leaking answer keys of AIPMT exam held in different parts of the country the same day. Around six lakh students had taken the exam.

Currently, the accused are on police remand.

Ravi is second-year student of MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) at PGIMS. A resident of Nimaka village in Greater Noida, he is second oldest among three brothers. His father is a farmer and mother is a homemaker.

Rohtak range's inspector general of police Shrikant Jadhav told TOI that Ravi had gone to Kota town in Rajasthan to get coaching for AIPMT examination in 2005. "He succeeded in clearing the exam in 2007 and subsequently took admission in MBBS at PGIMS. However, he could pass just one class in the past eight years," Jadhav said.

Police are trying to verify whether he passed AIPMT on merit or took help from any gang. "The leader of the gang, Roop Kumar Dangi, has been active in Rajasthan for long and we suspect that Ravi may have also come in contact with such persons when he was taking coaching at Kota in 2005-06," said a police official associated with the probe.

According to investigators, in January 2012, Delhi Police had booked Ravi in connection with leakage of question paper for the exam conducted for admission to post graduation courses�MD and MS�in AIIMS.

About five moths later, the police again booked him in connection with an examination for recruitment in State Bank of India (SBI). "He has told us that he remained in jail for about a month and was later released on bail. Delhi Police have already filed a chargesheet against him in both the cases," said a police official.