- NEW DELHI — Exposing an MBBS admission racket, the CBI arrested two persons,
including an admission consultant, for allegedly deceiving aspiring doctors by
falsely promising to manipulate their NEET UG 2025 scores in exchange for INR
87.5 lakh per candidate, an official said.
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- Sandeep Shah, a resident of Solapur, Maharashtra, and Salim
Patel, a resident of Navi Mumbai, were arrested after they collected money from
parents of a few candidates at Hotel ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai, the
official said.
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- In some cases, the accused collected money through hawala,
he said.
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- A case was registered against the two on June 9 for
allegedly defrauding NEET candidates and their parents by falsely claiming to
have connections with fictitious officials of the National Testing Agency
(NTA).
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- However, the investigation has not found any involvement of
government officials or NTA personnel with the accused persons in the case, the
CBI said.
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- The probe agency said the two accused assured victims that
they could manipulate the marks of low-scoring candidates in NEET UG 2025 in
return for hefty payments.
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- During the investigation, it was revealed that one of the
accused used to meet parents in a hotel and initially demanded Rs 90 lakh per
candidate before striking a deal at INR 87.5 lakh per candidate.
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- The key negotiator falsely claimed that he could influence
NTA officials and manipulate NEET UG 2025 scores. Additionally, he assured
candidates that they would receive details of their purportedly increased marks
six hours before the official declaration of results.
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- The investigation revealed that the main money negotiator
was in contact with the co-accused, who operates an admission consultancy firm
in Navi Mumbai, and another individual, who runs a similar consultancy in Pune.
