Times INVESTIGATION
2 TN students used imposters to write NEET in Delhi, UP
Candidates Filed Two Applications; Also Wrote In TN
Pushpa Narayan & A Selvaraj TNN
Chennai:05.10.2019
MBBS students S Praveen and Raghul Davis, who were arrested by the Tamil Nadu CB-CID last week on charges of impersonation, forgery and conspiracy in NEET 2019 and MBBS admission had used dual applications and imposters, a TOI investigation has found.
Praveen from Arumbakkam wrote NEET 2019 from St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research at Avadi in Chennai, while his imposter took the test at Bal Bharati Public School in Pitampura, Delhi. Praveen scored 130 marks (134 needed to clear the exam) out of 720, while the imposter scored 348. Raghul Davis, who wrote his NEET from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering in Karumathampatti in Coimbatore got 125 out of 720 marks, while his imposter, who wrote the entrance from Swarnim Public School, Rajajipuram, Lucknow, got 306.
Documents in TOI’s possession show that both the students appeared for NEET under the unreserved category, while their imposters appeared as OBC candidates. With the imposters’ scores, they applied to the New Delhibased Medical Counselling Committee for seats in deemed universities.
At least four students had used different methods to cheat the system to get into medical colleges.
Fraud began at application stage
Praveen, who was ranked 1,88,837, was allotted a seat in SRM Medical College and Hospital in Kattankulathur and Raghul, ranked 2,48,832, was placed in Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital in Chromepet (TOI has copies of their NEET hall tickets, score cards and admission details). Praveen and Raghul joined the respective colleges on July 19. Last week, Praveen and his father A K S Saravanan, and Raghul and his father C A David were arrested by the CB-CID police.
In the past month, the Tamil Nadu police have arrested at least four students who used different methods to cheat the system to get into medical colleges. Inquiries by the Directorate of Medical Education and police revealed that while K V Udit Surya admitted to Theni Government Medical College never took NEET, Mohammed Irfan from Dharmapuri Government Medical College had changed his scores from 207 to 407.
In case of Raghul and Praveen, documents reveal that the fraud began at the application stage. For instance, admit cards issued by the National Testing Agency to S Praveen born on July 27, 1998 shows his father’s name as S Saravanan, while his imposter who wrote the exam with the same name and date of birth declared his father’s name as A K S Saravanan. The NEET score card shows his mother’s name as ShobaSaravanan (no space between names) for one candidate and S Shoba for the other. While one address was given as 61/46 Arumbakkam, Razack Garden Main Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 106, another read 46, SR Raza Garden, Arumbakkam (Near Vasanthi Hospital), Chennai, Tamil Nadu-106.
Raghul too used similar tricks to cheat the system. While his name and date of birth remain the same in the NEET admit cards, his father’s name was entered as C A Davis and Davis CA. While one score card shows Nancy Davis as his mother’s name, there was no space between the given name and surname in the next card.
2 TN students used imposters to write NEET in Delhi, UP
Candidates Filed Two Applications; Also Wrote In TN
Pushpa Narayan & A Selvaraj TNN
Chennai:05.10.2019
MBBS students S Praveen and Raghul Davis, who were arrested by the Tamil Nadu CB-CID last week on charges of impersonation, forgery and conspiracy in NEET 2019 and MBBS admission had used dual applications and imposters, a TOI investigation has found.
Praveen from Arumbakkam wrote NEET 2019 from St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research at Avadi in Chennai, while his imposter took the test at Bal Bharati Public School in Pitampura, Delhi. Praveen scored 130 marks (134 needed to clear the exam) out of 720, while the imposter scored 348. Raghul Davis, who wrote his NEET from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering in Karumathampatti in Coimbatore got 125 out of 720 marks, while his imposter, who wrote the entrance from Swarnim Public School, Rajajipuram, Lucknow, got 306.
Documents in TOI’s possession show that both the students appeared for NEET under the unreserved category, while their imposters appeared as OBC candidates. With the imposters’ scores, they applied to the New Delhibased Medical Counselling Committee for seats in deemed universities.
At least four students had used different methods to cheat the system to get into medical colleges.
Fraud began at application stage
Praveen, who was ranked 1,88,837, was allotted a seat in SRM Medical College and Hospital in Kattankulathur and Raghul, ranked 2,48,832, was placed in Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital in Chromepet (TOI has copies of their NEET hall tickets, score cards and admission details). Praveen and Raghul joined the respective colleges on July 19. Last week, Praveen and his father A K S Saravanan, and Raghul and his father C A David were arrested by the CB-CID police.
In the past month, the Tamil Nadu police have arrested at least four students who used different methods to cheat the system to get into medical colleges. Inquiries by the Directorate of Medical Education and police revealed that while K V Udit Surya admitted to Theni Government Medical College never took NEET, Mohammed Irfan from Dharmapuri Government Medical College had changed his scores from 207 to 407.
In case of Raghul and Praveen, documents reveal that the fraud began at the application stage. For instance, admit cards issued by the National Testing Agency to S Praveen born on July 27, 1998 shows his father’s name as S Saravanan, while his imposter who wrote the exam with the same name and date of birth declared his father’s name as A K S Saravanan. The NEET score card shows his mother’s name as ShobaSaravanan (no space between names) for one candidate and S Shoba for the other. While one address was given as 61/46 Arumbakkam, Razack Garden Main Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 106, another read 46, SR Raza Garden, Arumbakkam (Near Vasanthi Hospital), Chennai, Tamil Nadu-106.
Raghul too used similar tricks to cheat the system. While his name and date of birth remain the same in the NEET admit cards, his father’s name was entered as C A Davis and Davis CA. While one score card shows Nancy Davis as his mother’s name, there was no space between the given name and surname in the next card.
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