FORGERY DETECTED - MCI cautions students against fake notifications

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The Medical council of India has cautioned the students not to fall prey to fake, forged and fabricated notification regarding counselling for admission into postgraduate medical programmes.

 In a public notice, MCI secretary (in-charge) Reena Nayyar said the council learnt that a notification indicating that the private medical colleges have been granted approval to fill up seats under NRI category and management quota on their own is being circulated through WhatsApp and email.

Nayyar said such a notification (dated April 11, 2017) is not signed and it has not been published by the Medical Council of India and declared that such a notification is `fake, forged and fabricated'. “It (notification) has not been published by the Medical Council of India...It appears to be the handiwork of unscrupulous elements trying to disrupt the admission process. The council is in the process of lodging complaint with the authorities in this regard against unknown persons, who have indulged in this criminal act,“ Nayyar said in the notice on Thursday .

The notification relating to common counselling for postgraduate courses has been published in `The Gazette of India' on March 11, 2017.“It is placed on the MCI website under the e-gazette link available on the bottom of MCI homepage http:www.mciindi.org. All concerned are advised to obtain the correct copy of the notification from MCI website and cautioned not to be misled by fake, forged and fabricated documents circulating in electronic media,“ Nayyar said.