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News18
08-05-2025
- News18
Fake Hall Ticket Scam Shatters NEET Aspirant's Dreams In Kerala
Last Updated: An Akshaya Centre employee was arrested in Neyyattinkara after she forged a NEET hall ticket for a student whose application she had failed to submit despite accepting payment. A heartbreaking case of negligence and fraud surfaced in Kerala, where a young NEET aspirant's future was derailed by the carelessness of a local Akshaya Centre employee who forged a hall ticket to cover up her own mistake. The police on Monday arrested the Akshaya Centre employee in Neyyattinkara after she forged a NEET hall ticket for a student whose application she had failed to submit despite accepting payment. The student, who aspired to become a veterinary doctor, was caught at an exam centre in Pathanamthitta with a fake admit card, unaware he had been handed a fake document just hours earlier. The accused, identified as Greeshma, a 20-year-old resident of Thirupuram, worked at an Akshaya Centre in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram. According to a report by The Times of India, Greeshma accepted Rs 1,850 from the student's mother, who works as a sanitation worker, for submitting the NEET application. But she failed to complete the process and, in a desperate attempt to cover her tracks, fabricated a fake hall ticket. Greeshma reportedly told police that she assumed the student wouldn't actually travel to Pathanamthitta to write the exam. She admitted that after missing the application deadline, she found details of a centre at Thaikkavu Vocational Higher Secondary School through a Google search and inserted them into the forged ticket. She used the credentials of another student to generate the document, mistakenly thinking the deception would go unnoticed. However, the scam unraveled at the examination centre after invigilators became suspicious upon finding mismatched details in the hall ticket – the student's name appeared in one section, but another name was listed elsewhere. The discrepancy led to immediate intervention by the exam centre observer, who filed a formal complaint, prompting a swift police investigation. The student, shocked and confused by the accusation of using a forged document, was briefly detained and questioned. He told investigators that the hall ticket had been given to him directly by the Akshaya Centre employee. This led the Pathanamthitta police to Neyyattinkara, where they arrested Greeshma on Monday. The boy's ordeal has sparked public outrage and sympathy. This was his second attempt at the NEET exam. His family, already battling economic hardship, had borrowed around Rs 2.5 lakh to fund his coaching. His father is mentally challenged and his mother, a cleaning worker, had been praying outside the exam centre the entire time, unaware of the storm unfolding inside. Speaking after the incident, the mother said she only understood the gravity of what had happened when the police explained that her son had been the victim of a scam. Police say the case underscores urgent concerns about oversight at Akshaya Centres, which are meant to provide citizens with transparent and accessible public services. The investigation is ongoing, and the police are trying to determine if this was an isolated incident or part of a broader lapse in the system. First Published:
New Indian Express
06-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Akshaya Centre staffer forges NEET hall ticket in Kerala
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Pathanamthitta police have arrested an Akshaya Centre employee for allegedly forging a hall ticket of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and handing it to a candidate without his knowledge. Greeshma, of Neyyattinkara, is the arrested person. The incident came to light when Jeethu, 20, of Parasala, attempted to write the test at the Government HSS in Thykavu, Pathanamthitta, using a fabricated hall ticket. While officials initially allowed Jeethu to appear for the test, citing a potential clerical error, the forgery was confirmed mid-examination. Authorities halted his test and filed a complaint with the Pathanamthitta police. SI K R Rajesh Kumar registered the FIR on the complaint of NEET exam observer S K Mahesh. During questioning, it was revealed that Jeethu's mother had approached Greeshma to handle his NEET application process.
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- The Hindu
Akshaya Centre staffer held on charge of forging NEET hall ticket
The Pathanamthitta police on Monday arrested Greeshma, employee of an Akshaya Centre in Neyyattinkara, on charges of forging a NEET examination hall ticket. The arrest followed the detention of a 20-year-old student from Parassala in Thiruvananthapuram who had attempted to write the NEET exam at the Government Higher Secondary School, Thycavu, Pathanamthitta, using a fake admit card. The incident came to light on Sunday when the student, after initially arriving at Mar Thoma HSS in Pathanamthitta, later approached the Thycavu school. Suspecting a clerical error, officials temporarily allowed him to start taking the exam. However, a detailed verification revealed that the hall ticket was forged and based on this finding, the student was stopped from writing the exam. According to the police, the admit card was forged using the details of another student. Following a complaint by NEET observer S.K. Mahesh, the police launched an investigation. During interrogation, it came to light that the student's mother had tasked Greeshma with applying for the test. As she failed to do so, Greeshma later modified another student's admit card and sent it via WhatsApp. During interrogation, Greeshma confessed to the crime. The police have seized the computer hard disk from the Akshaya Centre for forensic analysis.
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Student appears for NEET with fake admit card in Kerala; probe on
The Kerala police has launched an investigation into an incident in which a student allegedly appeared for the NEET exam with a fake admit card. According to the police, the student, currently in custody, stated that he had downloaded and printed the admit card sent via WhatsApp by the operator of an Akshaya Centre in Thiruvananthapuram district. Based on his statement, an FIR has been registered, and a detailed investigation is underway. The student was taken into custody on Sunday following a complaint from the exam coordinator, who noticed discrepancies in the name, address, and exam centre mentioned on the admit card, they said.
Deccan Herald
05-05-2025
- Deccan Herald
Student appears for NEET with fake admit card, probe launched
According to the police, the student, currently in custody, stated that he had downloaded and printed the admit card sent via WhatsApp by the operator of an Akshaya Centre in Thiruvananthapuram district.
