Crores In Bribes, Top Officials And A Godman In India’s Biggest Medical Scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed what it describes as one of the largest medical college scams in the country’s history, spanning across multiple states, involving senior officials, middlemen, top educationists, and even a self-styled godman. 

In this sensational CBI probe exposing the rot in India’s medical education system, a nationwide bribery racket has come to light-implicating top names like DP Singh (former UGC Chairman and current TISS Chancellor), self-styled godman Rawatpura Sarkar, Suresh Singh Bhadoria of Indore’s Index Medical College, and a vast network of officials and middlemen. 

The CBI has named 35 individuals in its FIR, including retired IFS officer Sanjay Shukla, who also served as the chairman of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA). Shukla, a former head of the Chhattisgarh Forest Department and PCCF, is linked to the Rawatpura group in the role of a trustee. However, so far, only one person –director Atul Tiwari — has been arrested in the case

Dummy faculty, fake inspections, and leaked files were part of this multi-crore scam that stretched from Rajasthan, Gurgaon and Indore to Warangal and Visakhapatnam, with crores exchanged through hawala and banking routes — all to secure illegal approvals for substandard medical colleges