Massive NRI admission scam busted

PROBE REVEALS COLLEGES, AGENTS USED FORGED DOCUMENTS TO SELL MBBS SEATS

- BY STEPHEN N. R.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a massive admission racket in which thousands of students secured MBBS seats under the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) quota using forged documents, according to reports by NDTV and The Times of India.

The investigation, assisted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Indian embassies abroad, revealed that private medical colleges across states offered around 18,000 MBBS admissions on the strength of fraudulent NRI certificates, The Times of India said.

Many of these certificates, seized during ED raids, were later verified by India’s foreign missions and found to be fake. In several cases, even the notary stamps used were counterfeit, allegedly originating from the United States.

NRIs involved too