NEET fraud: Dentist held, hunt on for daughter
The city police’s hunt for the father-daughter duo, who are accused of forging the scorecard and rank list of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to secure a medical seat for the girl, became partially successful on Friday after officials nabbed the man, a dentist.
migrator
Chennai
Even as they remained elusive for the cops despite two summons, Dr K Balachandran (48) and his daughter Deeksha had appeared on a private channel on Thursday explaining their version. But a day later, the Periamet police managed to nab him and are now hopeful of tracking the girl after the arrest of her father.
Balachandran and Deeksha, natives of Paramakudi, allegedly forged the NEET scorecard and the provisional rank list to secure a medical seat for her. The girl had performed poorly in the test, scoring only 27 marks, but appeared for the counselling claiming to be another aspirant who had scored 610 marks.
They submitted fake documents to the selection committee of the Directorate of Medical Education to support the claim, alleged police. However, the committee found that the documents were forged and filed a complaint with the Periamet police who started investigation.
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