BENGALURU: Two sibblings pursuing undergraduate medical courses at two different medical colleges in the city are likely to lose their seats as the documents submitted by their parents to claim the free seat have proved to be fake.
Mohammed Akram and Mohara (name changed) are siblings and studying at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Bangalore Medical College. Their father Mohammed Habibulla is a resident of Saudi Arabia and his annual income is around Rs 75 lakh. But he allegedly claimed the seats under 2B category for his son and daughter by submitting fake income certificates.
Based on a complaint filed about Habibilla claiming government quota seats by submitting fake certificates, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) wrote to Bengaluru Urban DC to verify the documents. DC V Shankar then forwarded the same to Bengaluru South tahasildar.
The certificates have been verified by the revenue inspector concerned and he communicated to the tahsildar on December 19, 2016 saying, “The two medical seats were claimed by submitting fake income certificates and false information. It is confirmed during the inspection that the father is residing in Saudi Arabia and they are getting income of Rs 1.25 lakh as rent.”
Speaking to Express, Manjunath, tahasildar (Grade -2) who is handling the file said, “We have received confirmation from the revenue Inspector saying they have submitted false information. We will verify the documents again and submit the file to the DC.”
Mohammed Akram is studying in final year MBBS at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and got the seat through CET in 2013. Mohara is a first year MBBS student at Bangalore Medical College and got the through CET-2015
According to government norms, those who have an annual income above Rs 4.5 lakh are not eligible to claim any benefit including educational benefits under 2B category (income certificate benefit for minorities).
Not for the
first time
It can be recalled that a big scam was busted at KEA in 2013 where over 70 students claimed government quota medical and engineering seats by submitting fake documents or by forging other documents. Following the scam, the government even suspended the then KEA Administrative Officer S P Kulkarni. During CET 2013, the quotas of urban students were changed to Rural, general merit to SC/ST, fake income certificates and caste certificates were submitted. The case is still under investigation by COD!