AIIMS MBBS paper leaked, says man who exposed Vyapam scam
papers of the entrance examination for the MBBS course at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) were leaked from a centre in Lucknow this year, Vyapam-scam whistle-blower Anand Rai has alleged.
The examination was conducted on May 28 simultaneously at more than 170 centres.
“The papers for both the morning and the evening slot were leaked. In the computerbased exams, one has to answer the question and then proceed to the next one. Nobody has a hard copy of the questions, nobody remembers all the questions. However, my source from Lucknow sent me screenshots of 70 questions from the AIIMS test, he may have more,” said Rai.
The activist then checked with students who had appeared in the examination on whether these 70 questions were a part of the 200-question entrance test.
According to him, someone had sneaked in a camera and taken a screenshot of all the questions, which was sent to a group of solvers. “These groups have setting with a particular centre and once the paper is leaked, they can send the answer key to as many centres as they want,” Rai said.
The AIIMS administration has taken cognisance of the screen shots of the examination questions being circulated on social media. “AIIMS takes these reports very seriously and has constituted a committee to inquire into the matter. AIIMS administration is also in contact with government investigation agencies in this regard,” a hospital statement read.
The activist has sought a CBI investigation. “This is a very serious matter as AIIMS is a premier institution. Another thing worth noting is the way they have selected the centres. The Lucknow centre where the MBBS papers have been leaked from was also involved in leaking NEET PG papers. If the director does not ask CBI to investigate the matter, I will take it to SC myself,” he said.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Centre, the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Delhi University (DU) on a plea against reducing the number of seats in the LLB course at the university.
Acting chief justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar posted the matter for further hearing on June 5.
The plea filed by advocate Joginder Kumar Sukhija said a large number of students will be affected if the seats for the course were reduced and infringe their legal and fundamental right to higher education of their choice.
According to the decision taken by BCI and the DU Law Faculty, the university will only admit 1,440 students to its LLB course from the academic year 2017- 2018. The faculty has been catering 2,310 students for over four decades. The plea said that by reducing the seats, public money, which is used to provide grant to the varsity, was not being put to optimal use.