Kingpin of Varanasi-based fake MBBS admission racket arrested

Addiction to go to clubs in Race Course in Delhi, visiting casinos in Goa and a desire to lead a lavish lifestyle made 30-year-old, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, a kingpin of a Varanasi-based fake MBBS admission gang who had duped more than 200 medical aspirants of crores of rupees on the pretext of securing medical seats for them across various states. He was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday.

Gupta, along with his associates, who have been identified but yet to be arrested, used to fetch the data of the aspirants who could not clear the entrance exams in Pre Medical Tests. 

Accessing the details of these failed aspirants who were mostly the children of doctors, they used to convince their parents that seats under management quota could be arranged for them.

“The prospective clients would then be taken to a medical college of their choice where one of the gang members would impersonate a management official to win their confidence. Sometimes, they would issue forged admission confirmation letter with the letter head of the college. They also used to get the hostel forms filled at the fee counter of the college,” Ravindra Yadav, Joint commissioner of police (Crime Branch) said.

According to a police official close to investigation, Gupta was addicted to gambling and would visit casinos in Goa where he usually spent Rs 10-15 lakh in a day. Whenever he visited Delhi, he spent most of his time in Race Course clubs. He also used rented lavish cars to commute in other states to show off his lavish lifestyle.

“He was active since 2011 and has a gang of seven to eight persons. They were active in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Bangalore, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. 

The gang used to make fake admissions in medical colleges in these states and at times provided assurance of admissions using fake letter heads of the colleges,” the official said.

He further added that they used to demand Rs 60-65 lakhs per aspirant under the management quota. 

“The gang used to take advantage of the easy access inside the college premises during admission days. Many a times, they had also taken the donation money of aspirants who were genuinely getting admissions via management quotas,” he added.

Concerned police stations in other states have been informed about Gupta’s arrest.