A city-based girl, Tanya Mili, was duped of Rs 12 lakh by a Calcutta-based private firm that assured her admission into the MBBS course at BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore.

The girl's father, Umesh Kumar, lodged the FIR (number 0386/2017) with Madivala police station in Bangalore while the girl has approached Patna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Manu Maharaaj in connection with the alleged forgery, but no action has been taken yet. 'The girl has approached Patna police,' SSP Maharaaj said. 'But as the offence occurred in Bangalore and even the complaint has been lodged there, we've asked her to provide us case details.' Once they get the details, Patna police will coordinate with Bangalore police.

Ashok Kumar Choudhary, an official from Sangyan Educen Services Private Limited, having its office at Lenin Sarani in Calcutta, allegedly approached the girl last month promising her admission into the MBBS course at BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences. On the assurance of providing her admission, Choudhary took Rs 12 lakh from Tanya's father Umesh as service charge (donation).

'Executives from Sangyan Educen Services Private Limited used to call me for the past month promising admission into private medical colleges in Karnataka,' said Tanya, who is upset at her father losing his hard-earned money. 'Initially, we ignored the calls, as I was about to take admission into a medical college in Haryana where the fee structure was much lower than in Karnataka.' Based on her NEET ranking, the girl was to take admission at the Haryana college on August 26, but cancelled her plan because of the violence following Dera Sacha Sauda's conviction there.

On August 27, Ashok from Sangyan once again called Tanya and promised her admission into BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences. He told her she would have to pay Rs 12 lakh if she approached the college through them and Rs 15 lakh otherwise. Choudhary approached them again the next day and convinced Tanya's father he would provide her admission into the best medical college.

The same day, on Choudhary's instructions, Tanya's father transferred Rs 7 lakh into Sangyan Educen Services Private Limited's account through real time gross settlement (RTGS). The remaining Rs 5 lakh was to be paid through cheque and cash at Bangalore.

On August 29, Umesh left for Bangalore where he paid the amount to Choudhary (Rs 3lakh in cheque and Rs 2 lakh in cash) at a guesthouse there. The admission was to be finalised on August 30. On Choudhary's instructions, Umesh reached the BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences campus next morning and waited till 4pm. But even after over six hours, neither did Choudhary turn up nor respond to Umesh's phone calls.

Smelling a rat, Umesh lodged a police complaint with Madivala police station in Bangalore on August 31. Simultaneously, Tanya approached Patna police in Patna. The Madivala police station refused to divulge case details saying they were busy handling law and order because of Bakr-Id celebrations.

But the BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences administration said they don't provide admission through private consultancy firms. BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences principal M.E. Mohan told The Telegraph from Bangalore: 'We don't provide admission through external agencies. Admission at the college is based on NEET scores and through Karnataka Examination Authority.' He said the KEA website mentions fee structure and admission process.

Kumar Dhananjay who runs a medical coaching institute in Patna said: 'Forgery by private consultancy firms in the garb of providing admission is not new. Parents and students should be aware of such frauds operating in Metros and even in Patna.'

In the wake of unscrupulous agents duping students by promising to get them admission into medical colleges, the Medical Council of India (MCI) had issued an advisory stating that all admissions for the 2017-18 academic year will be based on common counselling alone.