Bengaluru medical college, agents cheated 70 students: Victim’s kin
70 MBBS students from across the country by denying them seats even after the donation and fees were paid.
BENGALURU: A Mumbai-based radiologist has alleged that a medical college in Hessaraghatta has cheated 70 MBBS students from across the country by denying them seats even after the donation and fees were paid.
The radiologist, Dr Dhirendra Jumbad, told Deccan Chronicle that each of these students, who had paid nearly Rs 70 lakh for the management quota seat, were denied admission as the agents claimed that the seats had been given away to others who had paid higher sums.
Dr Jumbad, whose niece too was one of the affected students, said, “I have filed a criminal complaint in the Karnataka High Court against Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Bengaluru and the college admission agents. The court has ordered an inquiry and sought a report from the police.”
A cheating case has also been filed at the Soladevanahalli police station by three affected students. The students have alleged that the agents contacted their parents in September offering management quota seats in the college.
Dr Jumbad said, “On September 29 and 30, the institute came out with the dates for admissions under the guidance of Medical Council of India.”
Dr Jumbad along with his niece approached the college, met with the management and discussed the formalities of admission. “The agents briefed us about the payments to be made. They told us that we have to pay a donation of Rs 55 lakh in black and Rs 20 lakh as fees and we agreed to the conditions,” Dr Jumbad said.
Dr Jumbad, who had already paid Rs 55 lakh donation and the first payment of Rs 4.88 lakh towards fee, reached the college with his niece and her friends on October 15.
“But the students were denied admission. When I demanded an answer, they told us that the seat that was promised to us for Rs 75 lakh was being taken up by others for up to Rs 1 crore. Not just my niece and her friends, nearly 70 other students from across the country have been cheated,” he alleged.
When Dr Jumbad and the students wanted to meet the management, the agents reportedly threatened them and asked them to leave the college premises. “They forcibly made us write a letter saying that we were cancelling the admission of our own volition and the management was not responsible,” Dr Jumbad said.
After Dr Jumbad filed a criminal complaint in the high court against the college management, agents and political leaders, the court ordered an inquiry and also directed the police to submit a report. “We have also filed a case in the consumer court against the college management and agents,” he said.
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