MBBS exam scam: Two Rohtak varsity staffers admit receiving Rs 4 lakh digitally

In a significant breakthrough in the MBBS exam scam, two Class-IV outsourced women employees at Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak (UHSR) have admitted during police interrogation that they received total over Rs 4 lakh digitally on behalf of the main accused.

DSP Dalip Singh, who is investigating the case, confirmed the confessions of both employees during questioning.

Sources claimed that the accused had persuaded the employees working in his office to receive the money digitally allegedly by misleading them. The confessions have provided vital evidence to establish the money transfer in the scam. The names of both staff members were also mentioned by an MBBS student who filed a written complaint with UHSR authorities in January regarding the scam.

“During police interrogation, one of the women employees revealed that the accused asked her to help him receive a digital payment stating that he is unable to receive money due to some technical issue. She was asked to use the PhonePay app on her phone to receive the amount and return it to him later. She agreed to his request and received Rs 2 lakh digitally," the sources said.

The sources further said the employee later returned the received money to the accused after withdrawing it from an ATM. Similarly, another employee too received over Rs 2 lakh digitally on behalf of the same accused and later returned the amount in cash. During the investigation, police found multiple transactions between these two Class-IV employees and MBBS students, the sources added.

“The services of both these outsourced employees were discontinued by UHSR Vice-Chancellor Prof HK Aggarwal after it was revealed that money transactions had taken place during the preliminary investigation by the authorities after receiving the complaint in January. Interestingly, both women employees have denied any knowledge of the scam behind the transactions,” the sources added.

The scam involved the smuggling of answer sheets from the UHSR for both annual and supplementary exams of MBBS course, with students reattempting answers before the UHSR employees re-submitted the sheets clandestinely for evaluation to secure passing marks through unfair means.

The Tribune had exposed the scam in January that led to registration of FIR against 41 individuals, including 24 MBBS students from a private college and 17 UHSR employees. Roshan Lal and Rohit were among those accused, who were recently dismissed by the UHSR authorities.

Haryana Tribune