Lucknow medical universities a hub for Munnabhais; UP STF busts racket providing solved question papers

LUCKNOW: Three incidents within a span of eight months show that King George's Medical University is fast becoming a hub of imposters and admission racketeers. It is a reminder of the situation between 2002-2006 when two teachers and over 30 students were arrested in different cases of paper leak, impersonation, paper solving, forgery, kidnapping, rioting and running seat-fixing rackets.

The university was forced to take action after a series of admission scams in which KGMU students were caught impersonating or acting as paper solvers in medical entrance examinations of Punjab, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal.

UP STF on Monday busted a 'Munna Bhai' racket providing solved question papers to candidates appearing for Combined Pre-Medical Test 2015. STF arrested 12 people, including three MBBS students and a BTech student, in Lucknow for allegedly conspiring to solve and leak the CPMT paper in collusion with the staff of some exam centres. The kingpin of the racket has been identified as Rashid, who operates from Bengaluru.

In October 2014, an FIR was registered against two KGMU teachers and other staff members as well as career consultants and coaching owners for allegedly running an admission racket in MBBS.

They were duping CPMT candidates promising admission to KGMU. Later, a teacher was arrested.