NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Candidate trying to seek admission in MBBS with fake marksheet, allotment letter caught at KGMU, Lucknow

10-Aug-2023

In an unprecedented event, King George’s Medical University (KGMU) team caught a candidate with a forged mark sheet, an allotment letter, and other documents during counselling for NEET-UG 2023 candidates seeking admission in MBBS and BDS courses. The candidate had claimed to have scored 681 out of 720, while his actual score was 366. KGMU officials checked the NEET 2023 merit list and found that he had not been allotted a seat in any medical college.

KGMU team said that the student had actually scored 366 marks in NEET UG 2023 but produced a mark sheet showing his score 681 out of 720 along with a false allotment letter for admission in MBBS, BDS.

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The team established that the candidate had not been granted an enrolment at any of the institutions after cross-checking the details online. When questioned, the student was unable to respond convincingly. As a result, the case was raised to the Director-General’s Office of Medical Education, and the student was later turned over to the police.

On Tuesday, the institution conducted the first round of UP NEET UG counselling for 2023. The next round is scheduled to start on August 16 and the merit list will be released on August 19. Students who did not receive a spot in the first round of registration are still eligible to participate in Round 2.

4,303 MBBS seats from 35 government medical facilities as well as 4,850 MBBS seats from 31 private colleges are available this year through the UP NEET counselling process. Furthermore, there are 2,300 BDS seats accessible in private institutions and 300 BDS seats offered by state government colleges.

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Meanwhile, the Office of the Director General of Medical Education and Training in Uttar Pradesh have released the merit list for UP NEET PG counselling 2023. Applicants whose names feature on the merit list must submit the choices they have made between 11AM on August 10 and 11 AM on August 13 via the examination’s website, upneet.gov.in.

(Source: Times of India)