Colleges asked to examine student records after NEET impersonation
DME, Cops Suspect Larger Racket
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.09.2019
After a first-year medical student of Theni medical college was booked for getting admission without appearing for NEET, the government has directed all colleges to match photos in documents with students attending MBBS classes in government colleges. The directorate of medical education issued the order as it suspects a network of coaching centres and agents is operating a racket.
A seven-member police team from Theni, meanwhile, landed in Chennai in search of the student K V Udit Surya.
On Thursday, based on a complaint from Theni Medical College Dean Dr A K Rajendran, Udit was booked on charges of impersonation, forging documents and conspiracy. Preliminary inquiries revealed the photos of the medico in the college application and the NEET 2019 scorecard didn’t match the identity of the student attending classes. “Udit Surya has not been attending classes and was not on campus. Our team is searching for him in Chennai,” said Theni SP V Baskaran. “Inquiry with Udit is now crucial as we will have to find the person who wrote the NEET exam. We will also get information about the people involved in the network,” he said.
During inquiry, police found that Udit Surya had attempted to pursue medicine in Russia, but discontinued. His father Dr V K Venkatesh, who told TOI on Wednesday that his son wrote the NEET exam in Mumbai and that someone had changed the photographs on his scorecards, could not be reached on Thursday.
Meanwhile, after a day-long discussion with the committee from Theni medical college and selection committee secretary G Selvarajan, director of medical education (in-charge) Dr R Narayanababu asked deans of 23 government medical colleges in the state to verify documents of all students. “We received a complaint that the person who had applied for admission isn’t the one studying in our college. While we were holding inquiry, the student submitted a letter stating he wanted to discontinue the course,” said Rajendran. “It raised suspicion.... We suspect that many other students could have done this,” he said.
In addition to government colleges, the selection committee will urge self-financing medical colleges also to verify documents of students admitted this year. “This year, we opted to hold counselling off-line only because we did not want any such complication. We believe the candidate who came for counselling is the same as the one whose photo is on the admit card. Impersonation should have happened while attending classes,” he said.
DME, Cops Suspect Larger Racket
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.09.2019
After a first-year medical student of Theni medical college was booked for getting admission without appearing for NEET, the government has directed all colleges to match photos in documents with students attending MBBS classes in government colleges. The directorate of medical education issued the order as it suspects a network of coaching centres and agents is operating a racket.
A seven-member police team from Theni, meanwhile, landed in Chennai in search of the student K V Udit Surya.
On Thursday, based on a complaint from Theni Medical College Dean Dr A K Rajendran, Udit was booked on charges of impersonation, forging documents and conspiracy. Preliminary inquiries revealed the photos of the medico in the college application and the NEET 2019 scorecard didn’t match the identity of the student attending classes. “Udit Surya has not been attending classes and was not on campus. Our team is searching for him in Chennai,” said Theni SP V Baskaran. “Inquiry with Udit is now crucial as we will have to find the person who wrote the NEET exam. We will also get information about the people involved in the network,” he said.
During inquiry, police found that Udit Surya had attempted to pursue medicine in Russia, but discontinued. His father Dr V K Venkatesh, who told TOI on Wednesday that his son wrote the NEET exam in Mumbai and that someone had changed the photographs on his scorecards, could not be reached on Thursday.
Meanwhile, after a day-long discussion with the committee from Theni medical college and selection committee secretary G Selvarajan, director of medical education (in-charge) Dr R Narayanababu asked deans of 23 government medical colleges in the state to verify documents of all students. “We received a complaint that the person who had applied for admission isn’t the one studying in our college. While we were holding inquiry, the student submitted a letter stating he wanted to discontinue the course,” said Rajendran. “It raised suspicion.... We suspect that many other students could have done this,” he said.
In addition to government colleges, the selection committee will urge self-financing medical colleges also to verify documents of students admitted this year. “This year, we opted to hold counselling off-line only because we did not want any such complication. We believe the candidate who came for counselling is the same as the one whose photo is on the admit card. Impersonation should have happened while attending classes,” he said.
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