On a railway platform, his doctor dream was stolen
A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 4.07.2018
: Called for MBBS counselling under the quota for ex-servicemen’s children, G Bhoopathi Raja boarded Mangalore Express from Virudhunagar on Saturday. The 17-year-old thought his dream was coming true with every passing station. On reaching Egmore around 4.20am on Sunday, tired of the journey in an unreserved compartment, he and his uncle fell asleep on the platform. When they woke up, Raja’s bag was gone. With that went his dream becoming a doctor. The bag had all his original documents including his Class X and Class XII mark sheets, transfer certificate, Aadhaar card, ration card, community certificate, NEET report card and his father’s pension book and service records.
“We were to be at the counselling venue (Omandurar Government Multispeciality Hospital) at 9am, but by the time we filed a police complaint and reached the place around 11.15, it was all over,” said Raja. Asked if his would be considered a special case and given an exemption, director of medical education A Edwin Joe said all seats under the quota had been taken. “Now we can act only if a court and the MCI gives directions,” he said.
BOY APPEALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Elderly man caught on CCTV cam taking bag
With his NEET mark of 236 and a state rank of 9252, Raja’s getting a seat wasn’t a certainty, but with a community rank of 629 (he belongs to a scheduled caste) he was hopeful. He has no idea on the legal options; all he has done is to post appeals on social media asking anyone getting his bag to return it.
Footage from surveillance cameras in the vicinity showed an elderly man taking his bag and moving toward a suburban platform at 5.13am. Raja said the policemen at the railway station were helpful, but they couldn’t find the man who took the bag .
The student of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School in Rasipuram, Namakkal scored 1,114 marks in Class XII. At the age of four, he lost his father, Ganesan, a CRPF constable. His mother Rajalakshmi, a homemaker, brought up the boy and his elder sister Poongodi, who has applied for a masters course in an arts and science college in Virudhunagar.
A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 4.07.2018
: Called for MBBS counselling under the quota for ex-servicemen’s children, G Bhoopathi Raja boarded Mangalore Express from Virudhunagar on Saturday. The 17-year-old thought his dream was coming true with every passing station. On reaching Egmore around 4.20am on Sunday, tired of the journey in an unreserved compartment, he and his uncle fell asleep on the platform. When they woke up, Raja’s bag was gone. With that went his dream becoming a doctor. The bag had all his original documents including his Class X and Class XII mark sheets, transfer certificate, Aadhaar card, ration card, community certificate, NEET report card and his father’s pension book and service records.
“We were to be at the counselling venue (Omandurar Government Multispeciality Hospital) at 9am, but by the time we filed a police complaint and reached the place around 11.15, it was all over,” said Raja. Asked if his would be considered a special case and given an exemption, director of medical education A Edwin Joe said all seats under the quota had been taken. “Now we can act only if a court and the MCI gives directions,” he said.
BOY APPEALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Elderly man caught on CCTV cam taking bag
With his NEET mark of 236 and a state rank of 9252, Raja’s getting a seat wasn’t a certainty, but with a community rank of 629 (he belongs to a scheduled caste) he was hopeful. He has no idea on the legal options; all he has done is to post appeals on social media asking anyone getting his bag to return it.
Footage from surveillance cameras in the vicinity showed an elderly man taking his bag and moving toward a suburban platform at 5.13am. Raja said the policemen at the railway station were helpful, but they couldn’t find the man who took the bag .
The student of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School in Rasipuram, Namakkal scored 1,114 marks in Class XII. At the age of four, he lost his father, Ganesan, a CRPF constable. His mother Rajalakshmi, a homemaker, brought up the boy and his elder sister Poongodi, who has applied for a masters course in an arts and science college in Virudhunagar.
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