Three young MBBS graduates were arrested from Delhi Cantonment area for alleged impersonation by appearing in the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination Screening Test.
Additional Commissioner of Police (South-West) Anil Kumar Ojha said the arrested have been identified as N Shuhaib Khader (31), who hails from Kerala's Tiroor, Rajesh Gupta (31) from Bihar and Gorakhnath Giri (33) from Uttar Pradesh. “Gupta allegedly appeared on behalf of Khader for the test held in Kendriya Vidyalaya II in Delhi Cantonment on March 31. It was Giri who allegedly helped Khader to find Gupta, who appeared for the test,” he added.
“We got information that one person Rajesh Gupta is appearing in place of Khader in the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination Screening Test. Acting on a tip-off, a team was formed comprising of Delhi Cantonment station house officer, inspector Suresh Kumar, sub-inspector Mahesh Soni, SI Rajesh Kumar to unearth the whole conspiracy. Gupta showed passport of Khader as identity proof after he pasting his own photo and he was arrested,” Ojha said.
During interrogation, he claimed, Gupta told the police that he came in contact with Giri who allegedly persuaded him to appear in place of Khader and promised him `2.5 lakh. Giri and Khader were arrested on April 1 from New Delhi railway station when they were allegedly planning to leave Delhi.
“It came to light that Giri, who did his MBBS in 2007 and currently trying admission in a post graduate course, is the mastermind. He met with some weak students who passed MBBS from Russia and other countries but were not getting success in qualifying test, which is mandatory. Khader, who had passed MBBS from Tajakistan in 2008 but was, trying to clear the test for the past four years, met him. Giri demanded `7 lakh from him to arrange another person for appearing on his behalf,” Ojha said.