Thiruvananthapuram: Opining that the final report of the investigation agency was hurriedly made, the Kerala High Court quashed the final report filed in the First Class Magistrate Court and directed the Crime Branch to conduct a detailed inquiry on the alleged admission scam at Karakonam SMCSI Medical College.
Following this, the Crime Branch has continued the probe and is expected to submit the final report to the court within a period of six months, reports Kerala Kaumudi.
The scam concerned the financial irregularity involving a case of fraudulently offering a seat at the institute.
In the case registered at Vellarada, Neyyattinkara, and Museum police stations, it was alleged that the medical college had offered admission to MBBS and MD courses. However, after paying a capitation fee of Rs 92 lakh, the students were not given admissions.
had earlier reported that the Kerala High Court had slammed the Crime Branch earlier for its failure to arrest the accused in the case of alleged admissions irregularities at the medical college regarding this issue.
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The case was registered on the allegation that capitation fee upwards of Rs 50 lakh was collected for MD and MBBS seats and then admissions were not given. In addition to the bishop, other key accused include Bennet Abraham, who had contested 2014 Lok Sabha polls from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency as a CPI-backed candidate.
Back then, the High Court had directed the Crime Branch to inquire the plea where it was alleged by complainant students that the investigation was ineffective.
As per the latest media report by Kerala Kaumudi, back in September 2021, the High Court had given directions for completing the probe within three months. Consequently, in the final report, the agency stated that there was no evidence of financial fraud.
Following this, the plaintiff DN Calvin Cristo approached the High Court bench and stated that this case involved conclusive evidence and the accused would escape if the final report was accepted by the court.
Now, quashing the final report filed in the First Class Magistrate Court, the HC bench has directed the Crime Branch to conduct a detailed inquiry and submit its final report to the court within six months.
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