Woman cons medical seat aspirants of ₹6.4cr
CRIME FILE
Claimed To Be Trustee Of 2 Colleges & Took Payment | Used Unsuspecting Friend As Go-Between
Chaithanya.Swamy @timesofindia.com
Bengaluru : A city-based teacher filed a complaint against a Chennai-based woman, accusing her of cheating medical seat aspirants to the tune of Rs 6.4 crore. Dipti K Simha, a resident of Whitefield, told police that one of her friends introduced her to the accused — Anna Jacob of Kattupakkam in Chennai — in 2022. Anna claimed to be a trustee at St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, and Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. After getting to know each other, Anna told Dipti there were a few payment seats available for Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) courses at both colleges. Saying she could help aspirants get seats, Anna asked Dipti to recommend those interested.
Believing her, Dipti informed her friends and colleagues about the seat availability in both colleges. They referred eight aspirants to Dipti and she, in turn, organised a meeting of the parents and aspirants with Anna. Anna met them in star hotels, where they discussed the price of the seats and finali sed a deal. Anna told the aspirants and parents that she would get the seats allotted to them after she received payment. Accordingly, the parents of five aspirants transferred money to Dipti’s bank account, who then transferred it to Anna’s account. The remaining three parents transferred money directly to Anna’s account for their children. In all, they paid around Rs 6.4 crore.
However, Anna didn’t get seats for any of the students even after the deadline for admissions passed. Whenever questioned by either the aspirants or Dipti, she would give some excuse or the other. Eventually, they enquired with the respective colleges and learned that Anna wasn’t a trustee of either college. Dipti told police that after learning Anna had cheated them, parents of the aspirants were behind her, asking her to get their money back. Dipti enquired about Anna in other places and found that she had allegedly cheated a few other aspirants similarly, including a Hyderabad-based man, and then gone incommunicado.
A case has been registered under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code. Central Crime Branch police are investigating
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