Medical test racket unearthed in AIIMS

Updated on: Monday, January 09, 2012

Delhi Police today claimed to have cracked a post graduate medical entrance racket in AIIMS with the arrest of five persons, including a doctor and two MBA students.
 
A senior police official said the arrests came yesterday following investigations into a tip off that the question papers for the entrance examination held yesterday were leaked.
 
A doctor and two MBA students were among the arrest, the official said.
 
The gang used to target MBBS students, who were planning to study post graduate courses.
 
"The gang hired hired MBA students, who used to go to exam centre. They used to scan the question papers through high-end mobile phones. Using blue tooth, the gang then provided the answers to the candidates who paid them," the official said.

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