CBI Unearths Massive Corruption in Medical Education, Govt Officials Among 34 Booked

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- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed a massive corruption scandal in medical education and smashed a network of officials of Union Health Ministry, National Medical Commission, intermediaries and representatives of private medical colleges who were allegedly involved in unlawful manipulation of the regulatory framework governing medical colleges in the country, officials said.

The premier anti-corruption agency has named 34 people in an FIR, including eight health ministry officials, a National Health Authority official and five doctors who were part of the National Medical Commissioner (NMC) inspection team.

Others named in the FIR include Tata Institute of Social Sciences Chairman D P Singh, Gitanjali University Registrar Mayur Raval, Rawatpura Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Chairman Ravi Shankar ji Maharaj and Index Medical College Chairman Suresh Singh Bhadoria.