After NMC Order, MBBS Admissions of 2 Students Cancelled over NEET 2024 malpractice

One of these students was studying at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, while the other was studying at AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru. Both students had taken seats in the management quota. In February, after the NMC notification, the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) informed Mangaluru Medical College; KIMS received the letter last week.

According to a TOI media report, on April 23, KEA wrote to the principal of KIMS informing that KEA had cancelled the seat allotted to the student. The college was asked to relieve the candidate and inform NMC and KEA.

Meanwhile, speaking to the TOI in this regard, KEA executive director H Prasanna said, "This should be an eye-opener for the students. Even if they are not caught initially, sooner or later, it will be found that the students had used malpractices to get admission".

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that authorities of Dr Sampurnanand Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, suspended two MBBS students for allegedly appearing as dummy candidates in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024.

Last year, the NEET exam for the academic year 2024 was held on May 5, which stirred up a lot of controversy due to certain anomalies, including several students scoring impossible full marks, the exam being announced on the day of the Lok Sabha election results much before the scheduled date, and toppers reportedly being from the same exam centre.

Around 24 lakh candidates had appeared for NEET UG 2024 . The prestigious exam was mired in controversy due to discrepancies. Meanwhile, students reported that the centre gave them question papers with pre-marked answers, then withdrew them. However, the NTA, which conducts the exam, said it re-examined over 100 candidates.

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