Two persons duped of ₹77.6 lakh in medical college admission fraud; six booked

Chhattisgarh and Bengaluru residents scammed of ₹77.61 lakh for fake medical college admissions in Navi Mumbai.

Two persons from Chhattisgarh and Bengaluru have been allegedly cheated of ₹77.61 lakh under the pretext of being provided PG course seats at a medical college in Navi Mumbai under management quota, police said on Sunday (April 20, 2025).

The Nerul police in Navi Mumbai have registered two cases against six persons in this connection, they said.

A 59-year-old man from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh in a police complaint alleged that the six accused promised to get his daughter a postgraduate seat in General Surgery course at a reputed Nerul-based medical college.

Between May 2022 and December 2023, the accused allegedly took ₹1.27 crore from him. The man later found that all the communication, including the admission confirmation message, joining letter and college documents, were forged, an official from Nerul police station said.

When the complainant enquired about the college admission, the accused returned ₹85 lakh, but failed to refund the remaining ₹42 lakh.

After multiple failed attempts to recover the balance amount, the victim approached the police, the official said.

"The accused even used a forged college letterhead to issue an admission letter and misled the complainant with fabricated official communications. This clearly indicates a planned conspiracy," he said.