Doctor arrested as Delhi Police busts NEET admission fraud
Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has busted an organised racket that targeted NEET aspirants and their families with false promises of guaranteed MBBS admissions, rescuing 18 students, including minors, from a flat in Ghaziabad.
The arrest took place on the eve of the NEET examination and involved four accused, including a doctor who had completed his MBBS in Kyrgyzstan and a Bihar-based pathology lab owner identified as the mastermind.
The arrested accused demanded between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 lakh per student, collected original Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheets, blank signed cheques, and cash as token payments, and
separated students from their guardians on the pretext of providing important exam questions before moving them to an undisclosed location.
DCP Crime Branch Sanjeev Kumar Yadav confirmed that a case vide FIR number 110/2026 dated May 3, 2026, has been registered under Sections 318(4), 61(2), and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Crime Branch police station.
All four accused have been taken into police custody remand to unearth the full conspiracy, including the middlemen who drew students into the network.
The operation was triggered by specific information received on May 2 from Anupam Singh Gahlaut, Commissioner of Police, Surat, about an individual using a particular mobile number engaged in suspicious activities and believed to be in Delhi, claiming to arrange NEET admissions. The input was developed in coordination with Karanraj Vaghela, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime, Surat, using technical surveillance.
The mobile number was traced to the Mahipalpur Extension area of Delhi. A police team searched around a hundred hotels in the Mahipalpur area.
Four individuals from Gujarat were eventually found at one of the hotels, including the accused Vinod Bhai Bhikha Bhai Patel. The complainant present at the spot confirmed that he had lured them with false assurances of MBBS admission.
Using technical surveillance and information from the accused, a trap was subsequently laid near Manipal Hospital in Ghaziabad, where three students were safely recovered and a second accused, Santosh Kumar Jaiswal, was arrested.
Further leads took investigators to a flat in Ghaziabad where 15 additional students were found, some of them minors. Two more accused at the flat, Sant Pratap Singh and Dr Akhlaq Alam alias Golden Alam, were arrested.
The students were counselled and allowed to leave in time to appear for the NEET examination on May 3. The four accused have distinct roles in the operation. Santosh Kumar Jaiswal, 50, a graduate originally from Bihar who runs a pathology lab there and lives in East of Kailash, Delhi, is identified as the mastermind who conceptualised the scheme.
Dr Akhlaq Alam, 25, a resident of Gopalganj, Bihar, who completed his MBBS from Kyrgyzstan and is currently preparing for the National Medical Commission examination to practice in India, prepared fake question papers by compiling content from previous years’ questions and material from coaching institutes.
Sant Pratap Singh, 59, a property dealer and builder from Lucknow with properties in Ghaziabad and Pune, arranged logistics and provided his flat as the base of operations. Vinod Bhai Bhikha Bhai Patel, 52, a broker from Surat, educated up to Class 12, identified and approached three aspirants from Gujarat and their families with false promises.
The police have recovered 149 pages of fake compiled question-answer documents, three blank signed cheques belonging to victims, and other incriminating documents from the accused.
Delhi Police has advised students and parents to remain cautious of fraudulent schemes offering guaranteed admissions through illegal means, warning that such claims lead to financial loss and jeopardise students’ futures.
