| Posted on: 2012-01-06/22:18:44 | India - Fraud & Cyber Crime News | Education Complaints/ |
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A man from Gujarat, whose daughter scored 82 per cent marks in Class XII but had fallen 0.3 per cent short of the marks required in science for admission to a medical college in his city, Bhavnagar, was duped of Rs 14.28 lakh after he fell into the trap of some racketeers, some of them posing as trustees of a reputed college in Pune, who made him believe the girl could get admission to a medical college in Pune if the amount was paid. The man, Divyanshu Girishankarprasad Dholakia (47), a resident of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, on Thursday lodged a complaint with Bundgarden police against four persons for duping him of his money. He has named the suspects as Ranvir Singh (32) and Vishalkumar Bhagat, both from Mumbai, Saroj Choudhary of New Delhi and another person identified only as Chandra, aged around 45. Police are hunting for the suspects and probing whether more people have been duped in similar fashion. Assistant inspector S L Dubal, who is investigating the case, said that Dholakia was a senior official with the Power Control Systems in Bhavnagar and his daughter had scored 82 per cent marks in Class XII exams held in March 2011. She wanted to study medicine but could not secure admission to the college at Bhavnagar, as she had marginally lower marks than needed in science. Dholakia had in September 2011 received an SMS with a contact number and an offer that his daughter could get admission to a medical college. According to Dholakia, when he dialled the number, suspect Ranvir Singh had answered. As per Dholakia’s complaint, Ranvir had then promised that his daughter would get admission to either Bharti Vidyapeeth or DY Patil College. |
| Source: T I | Location : Pune |
