I-T Dept unearths cash-for-seat scam in Karnataka medical colleges; over ₹400 crore black money detected
The income tax department said up to 6pm on Tuesday, more than a million return forms were filed.
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. Updated: 19 Feb 2021, 09:07 AM IST PTI
The CBDT said that the search operation resulted in detecting incriminating evidence regarding cash-for-seat malpractices for admission to MBBS, BDS and PG seats
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The Income Tax Department has detected an alleged cash-for-seat scam running in some Karnataka-based medical colleges, as the CBDT said over ₹400 crore black money has been generated in the name of capitation fee by these institutions.
(MENAFN - IANS) p>New Delhi, Feb. Feb 18 (IANS) The Income Tax Department conducted search and seizure operation on Feb 17 on nine major Trusts registered in Bengaluru and Mangaluru, which are running educational institutes including medical colleges. Searches were conducted at 56 different locations across Karnataka and Kerala. During the course of the search and seizure operation it was found that the transparent selection process to Medical colleges through NEET has been subverted by Trustees and key persons running these Medical Colleges in collusion with agents/brokers and some students who got high ranks in NEET Examination. The first stage of malpractice is that some high ranking students in NEET examination take admission to MBBS courses through state counselling (who have no intention to join the said colleges as they have secured admissions or likely to get admission elsewhere), thereby blocking seats in the medical stream in a Medical college during Karnataka Examina
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The Income Tax Department conducted search and seizure operation on Feb 17 on nine major Trusts registered in Bengaluru and Mangaluru, which are running educational institutes including medical colleges. Searches were conducted at 56 different locations across Karnataka and Kerala.
During the course of the search and seizure operation it was found that the transparent selection process to Medical colleges through NEET has been subverted by Trustees and key persons running these Medical Colleges in collusion with agents/brokers and some students who got high ranks in NEET Examination.
The first stage of malpractice is that some high ranking students in NEET examination take admission to MBBS courses through state counselling (who have no intention to join the said colleges as they have secured admissions or likely to get admission elsewhere), thereby blocking seats in the medical stream in a Medical college during Karnatak
Bengaluru, Feb 19: The Income Tax Department has detected an alleged cash-for-seat scam running in some Karnataka-based medical colleges, as the CBDT said over Rs 400 crore black money has been generated in the name of capitation fee by these institutions.