UP NEET Counselling 2025: 11 candidates booked for using forged certificates to secure admissions
Press Trust of India | September 6, 2025 | 07:35 PM IST | 1 min read
NEET UG 2025: The district administration initiated action against 11 candidates who secured admission under the freedom fighters' dependents quota in the counselling process.
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Try NowBALLIA: The district administration here has initiated action against 11 candidates who secured admission under the freedom fighters' dependents quota in the UP NEET UG counselling 2025 using forged certificates, officials said on Saturday.
On Saturday,four FIRs were registered against -- Vivek Thakur of Pakhanpura village, Khyati Gupta of Nagwa Gai village, Sumit Kumar Rai of Bibipur village and Ashutosh Kumar of Ferozepur village -- based on the complaint of Tehsildar Sadar Atul Harsh at Kotwali police station, they said.
District Magistrate Mangala Prasad Singh said the certificates were verified following directions from the Director General, Medical Education and Training. A four-member inquiry committee, headed by the additional district magistrate, found that the certificates submitted by the four candidates were not issued by the DM's office and bore forged seals and signatures.
The inquiry further revealed that certificates submitted by 11 candidates in total were fake. Action is being taken to register named cases against all of them, the DM said. Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh told PTI that the police have registered a case and are investigating the matter.
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