DMET probe unearths startling facts

Bhopal, Aug 17 (UNI) An inquiry into alleged irregularities in the Dental and Medical Entrance Test (DMET) to Madhya Pradesh's private colleges has revealed several startling facts.

Bhopal Police's City CID branch arrested the local RKDF Dental College's employee Chaturbhuj Dubey yesterday and seized Rs 12.5 lakh besides about Rs 4 lakh worth of postdated cheques. The accused is being interrogated. The college is named after a senior Congress leader active on the national stage.

''Investigation is in progress,'' DIG Sanjeev Kumar Singh told UNI. In view of the alleged role of influential political leaders, police are keeping the probe under wraps.

Ms Rekha had complained to police that Dubey took Rs 10,000 and Rs 3.40 lakh in postdated cheques for ensuring that her nephew would ''clear'' DMET and secure entry into the college through the management quota. However, Ms Rekha smelt a rat.

In view of the case's serious nature, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured that all such complaints would be forwarded to the Justice Chandra Bhushan Committee formed to monitor DMET-linked cases.

DMET was conducted on August 13 at three local centres and other principal cities. Following a report that the paper had leaked, ABVP activists alleged a scam and demanded the test's cancellation.

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