A 47-year old dentist wꦇas arrested for allegedly forging his daughter's National Eligibility cum Entrance Test scorecard and a call letter for medical counselling to get MBBS admission, police said o𒀰n Saturday.
The dentist, Balachandran, hailing from Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district was ar🥀rested and produced before a court here which rema𒉰nded him to judicial custody on Friday.
A🔥 police officer said the dentist has been lodged at the Saidapet sub-jail.
The forgery came to light recently when the father and daughter duo turned up for MBBS admission counselling session held here and🌼 produced a 'call letter' for counselling and a 'NEET mark sheet' that showed a score of 610.
On scrutiny, medical admission authorities found that her name did not figure either in the rank chart or call list f꧟or counselling.
It was found that the girl had a score of 27 but submitted a forged certificate and similarly, the call letter too was fake. Based on a complaint from authoritie🐻s, police launched a search and arrested the dentist.
In 2019, a NEET impersonation scam rocked Tamil Nadu and at least nine people were arrested including medical students🔯. A number of 'aspirants' allegedly hired 'expert' proxies to write NEET on their behalf.
Such hired individuals scored good marks in the test which aided aspirants 🍸to get admissions in ꦉmedical courses.
