BENGALURU: Submission of a fake certificate has cost a girl five years and her MBBS seat. She was supposed to receive her medical degree in the academic year 2017-18.
The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has withdrawn the medical seat of the student who was in the final year of MBBS in Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in the city under the quota for the physically handicapped (PH). Interestingly, the girl’s father Mahesh Babu was on the panel of experts who verified the documents submitted for the quota.
Following complaints from her relatives in 2012 about the fake certificate, the KEA initiated an inquiry, which took almost five years to complete. As it was proved during the cross verification of documents at all the levels that the girl had submitted a fake certificate though she is physically fit, KEA withdrew the seat on April 5 this year and it has been communicated to the Medical Education Department and KIMS.
However, when contacted, the college authorities said they have not yet received any communication. KIMS principal Chandre Gowda said, “In the beginning, there was a communication directing us to hold her admission. But after sometime, they (KEA) said let her continue her studies until the inquiry is over. Now she is in the final year. So far we have not received any communication about the cancellation of her seat.”