The complainant Dr Hitendra Desai (27) was duped last year allegedly by three people including the assistant dean of Sion Hospital, Dr Rakesh Verma
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A doctor from Ahmedabad has been duped of Rs 31.5 lakh by two middlemen on pretext of a post graduate seat in Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Medical College also known as Sion Hospital.
The complainant Dr Hitendra Desai (27) had been duped last year allegedly by three people including the assistant dean of Sion Hospital, Dr Rakesh Verma who had promised to provide him an MS seat, reports The Indian Express.
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Verma was arrested in December last year by Mumbai Police in several cases of similar fraud.
In an FIR filed at Sola High Court police station Thursday, Dr Desai said, “I was preparing for NEET, when in September 2020 I received a call from one Jay Govani who told me that if I want a seat in Sion Hospital then I need to visit Mumbai. I went to Mumbai, where Govani and one another person, Salim Patel, met me at Sion Hospital and later made me meet Dr Rakesh Verma, the assistant dean, who assured me of a seat in PG course if I do what Govani says. Then Govani demanded Rs 50 lakh from me for the admission in two installments. I paid Rs 31.5 lakh between September 11 and 21 to Govani’s bank account through different transactions. Then Govani switched off his phone and on September 30, 2020, I again travelled to Mumbai and met Dr Verma who assured me that my admission process will begin from October. All three accused kept on giving me false assurances that my classes will begin once my registration is done, however, till date, nothing happened.”
A case has been registered under relevant sections of IPC and the investigation is underway, the police claimed.
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