Directorate of Medical Education rules out NEET impersonation in case of two Coimbatore medical college students
TNN | Sep 27, 2019, 02.07 PM IST
CHENNAI: The Directorate of Medical Education on Friday declared that there was no NEET impersonation in the case of two MBBS students studying at PSG Medical College in Coimbatore.
An inquiry committee, set up by the directorate based on a complaint by the college, checked the documents and photographs and spoke to the students and their parents before declaring that there was no impersonation.
“The committee doesn’t have any suspicion now. So we decided not go for next stage of investigation such as comparing finger printings with NEET exam records or lodging police complaint,” said director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu. “However, if the institution has doubts, it can lodge a complaint,” he said.
The two students had been told to return to their classes, Dr Narayanababu said.
Earlier this week, PSG Medical College wrote to the DME that stating that the photograph of two students on the NEET scorecards issued by the National Testing Agency did not match with the ones on the admit cards given by the state selection committee during counselling.
On Thursday, parents of the two students told media that the suspicion was due to the fact that the students had lost weight and the photographs on the NEET applications were old.
Narayanababu said the DME would introduce fingerprints during counselling from next year to avoid confusion.
On Thursday, the CB-CID police arrested K V Udit Surya, an MBBS student at Theni Government Medical College, and his father, Dr K S Venkatesh, on charges of NEET impersonation.
An inquiry committee, set up by the directorate based on a complaint by the college, checked the documents and photographs and spoke to the students and their parents before declaring that there was no impersonation.
“The committee doesn’t have any suspicion now. So we decided not go for next stage of investigation such as comparing finger printings with NEET exam records or lodging police complaint,” said director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu. “However, if the institution has doubts, it can lodge a complaint,” he said.
The two students had been told to return to their classes, Dr Narayanababu said.
Earlier this week, PSG Medical College wrote to the DME that stating that the photograph of two students on the NEET scorecards issued by the National Testing Agency did not match with the ones on the admit cards given by the state selection committee during counselling.
On Thursday, parents of the two students told media that the suspicion was due to the fact that the students had lost weight and the photographs on the NEET applications were old.
Narayanababu said the DME would introduce fingerprints during counselling from next year to avoid confusion.
On Thursday, the CB-CID police arrested K V Udit Surya, an MBBS student at Theni Government Medical College, and his father, Dr K S Venkatesh, on charges of NEET impersonation.
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