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CID reveals casting, script of Munnabhai-style scam

Eleven doctors who could not score well in the postgraduate medical entrance exam in an earlier attempt, got top 11 ranks in 2011.

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Where there is will, there is a way. Eleven doctors who could not score well in the postgraduate medical entrance exam in an earlier attempt, got top 11 ranks in 2011. The only smart work they had to do in this regard was joining hands with an insider and shelling out money.

The CID has busted a group of 17 doctors who colluded to leak the question paper of the postgraduate medical entrance exam held in 2011. They even provided answers to the 11 candidates, right in the exam hall. The main culprit who facilitated the con-job is Dr Vinayaka Prasanna, assistant professor, forensic department, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS),

Bellary. He used his good ties with the staff of the VIMS and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) to get the job done for his clients, who are his junior colleagues.
Each of the 11 candidates agreed to pay a hefty amount to Prasanna to help them get good rank in the exam. Getting high rank in the exam ensures
admission to a government medical college, where the fee is nominal.
The CID’s chargesheet regarding the case reveals the intricate process through which Prasanna executed his plan. He has a good rapport with the employees of the RGUHS and the VIMS and he used it to the hilt. With the help of computer programmer of the RGUHS, he ensured that all the 11 candidates were allotted the same exam hall, in VIMS.
Then, Prasanna joined hands with another VIMS official and saw to it that all the candidates got seat in the same row, so that they can copy easily without attracting attention. Prasanna then approached Dr Kantesh Yallapur, the VIMS lecturer who was to be the invigilator of the exam hall where the 11 candidates were to write their exam. Yallapur agreed to distribute the answer chits to the candidates.
Prasanna too had applied for invigilator duty on the day of the exam. From the exam superintendent, Dr Manjunath, he obtained the sealed envelope of question papers about a couple of hours before the exam. He opened the envelope in his chamber and took photos of the question paper with his digital camera. He gave the camera to Dr Kiran Chand, junior division medical officer, VIMS, and asked him to take it to the house of Dr Firdos Sultana, a postgraduate doctor working with VIMS.
Sultana, with the help of Dr Vanaja (Prasanna’s wife and assistant professor, VIMS) and others, prepared eleven answer sheets. They were sent back to Prasanna. Then, Chand was instructed to hand over 10 chits to the candidates, which he did. Prasanna handed over one answer chit to Dr V Suresh, who is the 26th accused in the CID’s chargesheet.
The scam came to light after some of the examinees smelled a rat in top 11 ranks coming from the same examination hall. They filed a complaint with the RGUHS and police. The case was handed over to the CID. Many employees of the RGUHS and VIMS who have been accused of being part of the scam told the CID that they did what Prasanna asked them to and they were not aware of the larger picture—the scam. These accused testified before the CID, which helped the officials crack the case.
All the accused have been booked under various sections f of Indian Penal Code and Karnataka Education Act.

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