New Delhi, June 08: Two more persons have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly manipulating the process for admission to post-graduation courses at All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here. The agency has so far arrested seven persons, including a doctor, who had committed similar manipulations in the All-India Pre-Veterinary Test held this year.
The cases pertain to alleged manipulations in the AIIMS examination held on May 8 and the pre-veterinary test held on May 14.
Investigations revealed that a large number of answer sheets in both the entrance tests had been tampered with. “The case was registered against the main accused, the proprietor and an employee of a private firm and others,” said a CBI spokesperson.
It is alleged that the private firm had been awarded contract by the Veterinary Council of India for result processing, including manufacturing and scanning of the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets of the examination.
“The accused, in connivance with the candidates, printed duplicate OMR sheets of the candidates bearing the same bar codes and replaced the original ones with those,” said the official.
The main brain behind the racket was identified as Dr. Mahipal Singh, a radiologist working in Agra.