Day: July 19, 2012

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New Delhi, July 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Owner of an Educational Consultancy Institute in Delhi; a Private Medical Practitioner; his son and a private person after busting a major racket involved in fraudulent admission in a BDS Course.
It is alleged that a private medical practitioner of Ashok Vihar area of New Delhi approached a conduit operating such kind of rackets, for admission of his son to a BDS course in a Delhi based university. The conduit, in conspiracy with the duo and other private persons illegally arranged for admission of the son of the medical practitioner to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery(BDS) course by the means of making a dummy candidate appear in the written examination held on 09.06.12. CBI caught the son of the doctor and the Conduit on the spot in Ashok Vihar area while the amount of Rs.20 lakh was being delivered as payment for this irregular admission.
The doctor had conspired to secure the admission to BDS course for his son through alleged fraudulent means for which the Conduit had allegedly charged an amount of Rs.30 lakhs. Rs.10 lakhs were allegedly paid in advance by the Doctor after his son was declared successful in the Entrance examination through dubious means. Balance amount of Rs.20 lakhs was to be paid after confirmation of admission after counseling on 18.07.12
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the conduit under the guise of running an educational consultancy institute at Shalimar Bagh & Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, is involved in arranging dummy candidates and using other unlawful means for manipulating admissions in various medical and engineering entrance examinations for huge monetary considerations from the candidates.
All the four arrested accused Dr.Arun Goel, a Private Medical Practitioner; Nayan Goel, son of the Private Medical Practitioner; Irshad Pasha @ Amit Kapoor(a Cconduit), Owner of Educational Consultancy Institute in the name of Asian Academy, Shalimar Bagh & Rajouri Garden, New Delhi and a private person.were produced today before the Special Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi.
The Special Judge, CBI cases, Jabalpur has convicted S.K. Baghel, the then Branch Manager, Allahabad Bank, Singodi Branch, Chhindwara (M.P.) and sentenced him to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.6,500/- in a bribery case. The Court has also sentenced Nirbhay Chandravanshi, Contract Teacher, resident of village Bhajiya, Distt. Chindwara (M.P.) to undergo six months rigorous imprisonment with total fine of Rs.1000/-.
A chargesheet was filed by CBI in the Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, Jabalpur on 30/09/2010 U/s 120B IPC and 7 & 13(2) r/w (1)(d) P.C. Act 1988, alleging that the Shri S.K. Baghel, the then Branch Manager in criminal conspiracy with S.K. Patil, the then Officer, both of Allahabad Bank, Singodi Branch, Chhindwara (M.P.) and one Nirbhay Chandravnshi, demanded an illegal gratification of Rs. 5,000/- from the complainant as a motive for sanctioning and disbursing, Kisan Credit Gold Card Loan Rs. 50,000/-. S. K. Baghel was arrested while demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs. 4,000/- from the Complainant in his office on 15/12/2009.
The Trial Court found both the accused guilty and convicted them. S. K. Patil, the then Officer, Allahabad Bank, Singodi Branch, Chhindwara was acquitted by the Court.

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