MBBS aspirant cheated of INR 14 lakh in admission fraud

Victim Darshika Singh claimed she took NEET in 2022 and transferred INR 13.98 lakh to a Noida-based man who assured her of getting admission into MBBS course in a medical college. 

Career consultancy for admission into MBBS course has cost almost INR 14 lakh to an aspiring doctor, who has now filed a fraud complaint with the Noida police, officials said.  

The police lodged an FIR into the cheating case on Tuesday and an investigation has been initiated to trace the accused, Mint reported.  Darshika Singh (26), a Lucknow resident, claimed she took the NEET examination in 2022 and was searching for colleges when she received a phone call on October 13 last year from a person who introduced himself as an official of Noida-based Truth Advisors Career Consultancy. 

“The call was regarding admission for MBBS and I was informed that the consultancy is located in Noida's Sector 125. A man who identified himself as Jay Mehta, a senior official of the consultancy, met me and my father,” Singh claimed. 

“He assured us of getting me admission into MBBS course for which we transferred INR 13.98 lakh into the bank account of Truth Advisors Career Consultancy," she said. In her complaint, Singh said the money was transferred in instalments from November 19 till December 22 and she was assured of admission either to a medical college in Bengaluru, Karnataka or Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. 

“I was told that I will have to report to the college in the first week of January. As January approached, I did not hear from the consultancy or the colleges. When I called up Mehta, his phone was switched off, triggering suspicion,” Singh said. Following this, when the woman went to the consultancy’s Noida office, the office was also found shut, she claimed. 

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