Girl forges NEET scorecard to secure medical seat

Girl forges NEET scorecard to secure medical seat

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Chennai: 14.12.2020

In yet another NEET scam, the Chennai City Police are probing into an alleged malpractice by a woman candidate, who tried to get a medical seat by forging her NEET scorecard and the provisional rank list by replacing another candidate’s credentials with her own.

The issue came to light after a complaint was lodged by Dr G Selvarajan, additional director of Medical Education and Secretary of Selection Committee, at Periamet police station against the candidate, N B Deeksha of Paramakudi in Ramanthapuram district, and her father N K Balachandran, a dentist.

According to the complaint, on November 30, Deeksha, who had scored only 27 marks in NEET-UG 2020, and her father approached them at a counselling centre claiming that Deeksha had scored 610 marks but not called for counselling. While checking her credentials, officials found that she had scored less marks and did not make it to the rank list to be eligible to appear for the counselling. They then sent them back. The duo also produced a rank list in which Deeksha’s photo and roll number were present.

A probe into the matter revealed that she had applied for the counselling with a forged scorecard, showing she had scored 610 marks.

The officials made an internal probe to look into the matter, when they found out that the scorecard and the rank list produced by Deeksha was forged as she had replaced the photo and roll number of another candidate called N Hrithika, who had scored 610 marks.

However, Deeksha’s father did not accept their claim, leading to police suspecting the daughter to have done it without her father’s knowledge. Police said that the original candidate, Hrithika, had already appeared for counselling and opted for a medical seat.

Periamet police registered a case under Sections 419 (punishment for cheating) , 464 (making false document), 465, 468 (forgery), 471 (using genuine as forged) and 420 (cheating) of IPC against the candidate. A special team has gone to question the girl and his father.

Meanwhile, city police commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal said that an inquiry has been initiated on the alleged malpractice.