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There are allegations
that the process
of admission to KD

with evidence, Ministry of Health and Medical College, him and these persons was recorded
Family welfare was reluctant to hand Mathura, for the by him and audio recording was played
over the matter to CBI allegedly due to before the Monitoring Sub-Committee
clout of private unaided medical col- academic year of MCI held on December 28, 2015. He
leges’ owners’ powerful lobby. So Hoo- 2015-16 was had also sent it on the official email ID
da shot another letter on 24 th Janu- of the then Secretary-in-charge, MCI
ary,2019 with copies to Chief Vigilance farce, unethical and and both members of Monitoring Sub-
Commissioner to Preeti Sudan, Sec- Committee of MCI. This audio depicts
retary of Ministry of Health and Fam- not in accordance with the conversation for fixing the capita-
ily Welfare requesting for C.B.I probe the rule of merit tion (fee for admission) for the admis-
to save the reputation of Ministry and sion of student.
M.C.I. Hooda also mentioned the obser- Hooda was asked to pay 30 lakhs
vations of Board of Governors of M.C.I presumed that Health ministry offic- in cash to the persons sitting in
that since it requires in depth investiga- ers are under tremendous pressure of Counseling Room. They asked him to
tion of multiple agencies , which is out the powerful lobby of unaided private deposit the money by 5 PM on Septem-
of the purview of the M.C.I, therefore it medical colleges. Hence to save your ber 30, 2015. On finding that he could
is recommend that this matter may be reputation, hand over the case to CBI.” not bring the money till 5pm, he was
handed over to appropriate investiga- Hooda said that he is anxiously wait- told to deposit money in Delhi itself. On
tion agency. ing for start of investigations by CBI his inquiring that whether a student is
Warning the Health Ministry bosses, adding that he will provide all evidence admitted or not they assured that the
Hooda wrote, “His sources have in- to the agency. Hooda told that thou- student is deemed to be admitted, how-
formed him that Health Ministry is sands of students had appeared in the ever, he can come for the test on Octo-
trying to dilute the issue by referring exam and were cheated. ber 3, 2015. The last day of MBBS admis-
it to the Secretary, Admission and Fee sions is September 30 each year.
regulation Committee, Lucknow and Modus operandi On December 28, 2015, he submitted
to Principal Secretary, Health and Fam- The process of admission to KD Medical before both the members of Monitor-
ily Welfare govt. of Uttar Pradesh. If College, Mathura, for the academic year ing Sub-Committee of MCI that to the
it is done then it will be automatically 2015-16 was allegedly farce, unethical best of his knowledge the process of
and not in accordance with the rule the admission and its merit followed by
of merit. Hooda said he came to know UP Unaided Medical Colleges Welfare
through his sources that the college Association was not as per the Sched-
authorities started the process of ad- ule given by their advertisement that
mission. Needless to say that no relation is date of online/offline filling of forms
of his was intending to take admission was November 15, 2014, and the date
in any medical college in the country. of entrance examination was May 30,
He went to the premises of the col- 2015. He also submitted that in their
lege on September 30, 2015, and found advertisement they had clearly speci-
that there was lot of gathering in the fied that the candidate should send
campus and he inquired about as how their application form in the envelope
to get admission for MBBS course. bearing the number of the application
There Hooda also saw a vehicle hav- form, addressed and should be sent
ing the word High Court written over by registered post /speed post. It was
the number plate. This he believes was highlighted that application forms sent
done to impress the admission seekers through courier or submitted in person
that there was a legal authority watch- shall in no case be entertained.
ing the process of admission. With lot of He told the Sub-Committee of
coaxing for admission he was directed MCI that since he could make the
to go to a Counseling room where three admission without any application
persons were present. He was told that form in person after the date of the
two were the sons of Chairman, out of examination which clearly smells
which one was Vice-Chairman. of a scam of admissions in that in-
He does not know the identity of the stitution for which he requested an
third person. There was another person appropriate probe by the CBI.
who took him to the Counseling Room.
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