CBI Conducts Searches In Pune, Mumbai And 90 Other Cities For Irregularities In Registration Of Foreign Medical Graduates With Medical Councils On Fake Certificates
Mubarak Ansari
Pune, 29th December 2022: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted searches at around 91 locations including Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Bhatinda, Khanna, Karnal, Sawaimadhopur, Narvana, Hamirpur, Shimla, Jammu, Srinagar, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Guwahati, Tejpur, Imphal, Sikkim, Rajpur, Patna, Munger, Mumbai, Jaipur, Sikar, Vijayawada, Warangal, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Bhopal, Nagpur, Buldana, Pune, Jalgaon, Dharbhanga, Bhagalpur, Champaran, Begusarai, Bokaro, Vizag, Hajipur, Vaishali, Nalanda etc at the premises of certain Medical Councils as well as Foreign Medical Graduates(FMGs) which led to recovery of several incriminating documents, including fake Pass Certificates of the FMG Examination.
CBI registered a case on 21.12.2022 against unknown public servants of State Medical Councils & MCI; 73 Foreign Medical Graduates and other unknown public servants/private persons on the allegations of irregularities in registration of Foreign Medical Graduates with Medical Councils in several states on the basis of fake certificates of qualifying Foreign Medical Graduates Examination conducted by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS). It has been alleged that as many as 73 Foreign Medical Graduates, who failed to qualify the mandatory qualifying examination managed to get themselves registered with Medical Councils in several states.
It was further alleged that registration on such fake certificates enabled the candidates to practice or to secure jobs with hospitals across the country.
Further investigation is going on in the case.
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