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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.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Time of India
7 held in Rajasthan, Bihar for NEET impersonation
J aipur/Patna/Thiruvananthapuram : Seven people, including three medical students and a doctor, were arrested in Rajasthan and Bihar for being involved in impersonation fraud in NEET-UG, conducted on Sunday, while a woman in Kerala was taken into custody for handing over a fake admit card to a student. Jaipur police busted a racket involving dummy candidates and hi-tech cheating devices, and arrested five people, following information received from the special operations group. A raid at an apartment in Jagdamba Nagar in Karni Vihar led to the arrest of Ajit Kumar and Sohan Lal Chaudhary, both postgraduate students of National Institute of Ayurveda in Jaipur, and Jitendra Sharma, a first-year MBBS student from Karnataka with a background in Ayurveda. Police seized counterfeit admit cards, AI-edited photographs, Bluetooth earpieces, SIM cards and Rs 50,000 cash, which was allegedly received as advance payment. Two candidates, Rohit Gora and Sanjay Chaudhary, were taken into custody later for being involved in the plan. DCP Amit Kumar, who led the operation, said the racket was masterminded by the two PG students, motivated by the prospect of quick money. Sharma was allegedly prepared to impersonate Gora in NEET and Chaudhary in an upcoming paramedical test. In Bihar, Dr Ranjit Kumar, a doctor posted at Begusarai jail, and Rambabu Malik, a resident of Darbhanga, were arrested in Samastipur district on Sunday for being part of a cheating operation that involved tampering with admit cards and sending proxies to take the exam on the behalf of the candidates. "Two people were found sitting near an exam centre in a suspicious manner, and were questioned. On checking their mobile phones, we found the admit cards of several students. Both were arrested," additional SP Sanjay Pandey said. During interrogation, Dr Ranjit confessed that they had manipulated admit cards to send dummy candidates to appear for the exam. "They admitted to charging between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh per candidate." In a separate operation launched on the night of May 3, Patna police raided hideouts linked to exam mafia Mithilesh Kumar, who evaded arrest, but three suspects were detained. An employee of Neyyattinkara Akshaya Centre in rural Thiruvananthapuram was arrested for fabricating the admit card of a student. Greeshma, a resident of Thirupuram, admitted during questioning that she accepted a payment of Rs 1,850 from the student's mother, who had approached the centre to apply for NEET, but failed to submit the application on time. When the student followed up, asking for the admit card, Greeshma got one forged to cover up her negligence. The forgery came to light when an invigilator at the Pathanamthitta exam centre noticed inconsistencies in the admit card. The student, who was arrested and questioned, told police that the admit card was handed over by the Akshaya Centre employee.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Time of India
Akshaya centre employee held for NEET hall ticket forgery
Thiruvananthapuram: Police on Monday arrested an employee of an Akshaya centre in Neyyattinkara for forging a NEET hall ticket for a student after she failed to submit the student's application despite receiving payment. Pathanamthitta police made the arrest following an investigation based on a complaint from the exam centre observer. During questioning, the accused, identified as Greeshma, a resident of Thirupuram, confessed that she accepted Rs 1,850 from the student's mother, who approached the Akshaya centre to apply for the NEET examination. However, she failed to submit the application on time. When the student repeatedly followed up asking for the hall ticket, Greeshma resorted to forging one to cover up her negligence. In her statement, Greeshma admitted that she assumed the student would not actually travel to Pathanamthitta to write the exam. She said that she found details of an exam centre in Pathanamthitta Thaikkavu Vocational Higher Secondary School through a Google search and inserted this as the centre in the forged hall ticket. The forgery came to light on the day of the exam when the invigilator at the Pathanamthitta centre noticed inconsistencies in the hall ticket. The student's name was mentioned in one section of the document, while a different name appeared elsewhere, raising suspicion. The invigilator alerted the authorities, leading to the intervention of the exam centre observer and subsequently police. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pernas e pés inchados: Experimente isso para ajudar a drenar o fluído do edema aartedoherbalismo Undo Based on the complaint from the observer, a case was registered, and the student who attempted to appear for the exam using the fake hall ticket was arrested. During questioning, the student stated that the hall ticket was handed over by the Akshaya Centre employee, leading the investigation team to Greeshma. Following this lead, Pathanamthitta police reached Neyyattinkara and took Greeshma into custody for questioning. During interrogation she admitted to fabricating the document at the Akshaya centre. She revealed that the forgery was a desperate move after she forgot to complete the student's application despite receiving the fee. The incident has raised serious concerns about oversight at public service centres and the integrity of examination processes. Authorities are continuing their investigation to determine whether more individuals or similar cases are involved.
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.
