Vyapam: CBI seeks action against over 200 students who bought seats

NEW DELHI: The future of over 200 students, who took admission in four private medical colleges of Madhya Pradesh through management quota on a hefty payment, might hang in the balance after a CBI probe into a Vyapam case claimed irregularities in their selection, officials said.

The probe agency had written to the Madhya Pradesh government, seeking necessary action against these candidates, who did not appear in any entrance exam for admission in the medical colleges, they added.

The move was based on a probe conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Pre-Medical Test (PMT), conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam in Hindi) in 2012, the officials said.

On Thursday, the CBI filed a chargesheet against 592 accused, including the chairmen of the four private medical colleges.

The promoters were – JN Choksey, chairman of the LN Medical College, SN Vijaywargiya of the People’s Medical College, Ajay Goenka of the Chirayu Medical College (all in Bhopal) and Suresh Singh Bhadoriya of the Index Medical College, Indore, the officials said.

While three promoters did not comment when contacted by PTI, Bhadoriya claimed neither his nor his college’s name was mentioned in the chargesheet.

A total of 229 admissions were made by these four colleges under the management quota, by charging an amount between ~50 lakh and ~1 crore per seat, allegedly in violation of norms, the CBI officials said.