Biggest medical education scam uncovered; Godman, ‘Guruji’, 8 from Health Ministry key link in bribery network

34 individuals, 8 from Union Health Ministry, person been named successful FIR

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed a large-scale corruption racket involving elder Health Ministry officials, members of the National Medical Commission (NMC), and representatives of respective backstage aesculapian colleges.

A full of 34 individuals person been named successful an FIR for allegedly manipulating the aesculapian assemblage inspection and support process successful speech for hefty bribes.

The accused see 8 officials from the Union Health Ministry, 1 from the National Health Authority, and 5 doctors from the NMC’s inspection team. Among the salient names are DP Singh, Chairman of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences; Mayur Raval, Registrar of Gitanjali University; Ravi Shankar ji Maharaj, Chairman of Rawatpura Institute of Medical Sciences and Research; and Suresh Singh Bhadoria, Chairman of Index Medical College.

According to officials, 8 radical person been arrested truthful far, including 3 NMC doctors who allegedly accepted Rs 55 lakh to supply a favourable inspection study for the Rawatpura Institute successful Naya Raipur.

The CBI alleges that cardinal officials leaked confidential inspection schedules, assessor details, and interior record notes to backstage aesculapian colleges done a web of intermediaries successful instrumentality for bribes. This allowed colleges to manipulate inspections by preparing fraudulent setups, utilizing proxy faculty, admitting fake patients, and tampering with biometric systems utilizing cloned fingerprints.

Indra Bali Mishra, popularly known arsenic ‘Guruji’ is besides an accused.

The bureau alleges that Guruji acted arsenic a important conduit successful the multi-layered corruption web involving elder officials from the Union Health Ministry, members of the National Medical Commission (NMC), and representatives of backstage aesculapian colleges.

According to the FIR filed by the CBI, Guruji, a nonmigratory of Varanasi, maintained nonstop interaction with Jeetu Lal Meena, a whole-time subordinate of the Medical Assessment and Rating Board nether the NMC.

The CBI claims Guruji helped way ample bribes, moving into lakhs of rupees, to Meena successful speech for leaking confidential accusation and influencing inspection outcomes for aesculapian colleges.

The wealth was reportedly collected by Guruji’s brother-in-law, Shivam Pandey, and passed connected to Meena. Part of the bribe amount, the CBI says, was allegedly utilized by Meena for constructing a temple successful Rajasthan’s Dausa district, bringing a spiritual twist to the corruption scandal.

Guruji was allegedly moving connected behalf of Virendra Kumar, identified by the bureau arsenic a cardinal middleman representing respective backstage aesculapian colleges successful confederate India. These see Gayatri Medical College successful Visakhapatnam and Father Colombo Institute of Medical Sciences successful Warangal, whose directors are accused of paying bribes to unafraid favorable inspection reports and regulatory clearances.

The CBI besides uncovered that dummy faculty, fake biometric attendance systems, and shade patients were being utilized by these colleges to mislead NMC assessors—information they had received successful beforehand owed to leaked documents.

The probe highlights however spiritual power and bureaucratic corruption intersected to undermine the integrity of India's aesculapian acquisition system. Guruji’s cardinal relation arsenic a trusted go-between successful this web has drawn peculiar attention, particularly fixed the misuse of spiritual donations and power successful facilitating bribery.

With inputs from PTI