- January 24, 2024
MD of Adesh Medical College Arrested for Admitting Ineligible Students and Issuing Fake Certificates
MD of Adesh Medical College Arrested for Admitting Ineligible Students and Issuing Fake Certificates
The Additional District and Sessions court Ludhiana dismissed the regular bail plea of Dr. Gurprit Gill, MD of Adesh Medical College Bhatinda, on Wednesday. Dr. Gill was arrested by the state Vigilance Bureau (VB) for admitting ineligible students and issuing D-Pharmacy degrees in a fraudulent manner.
The VB registered a criminal case under FIR No. 17 dated 8.12.2023 under sections 420, 465, 466, 468, 120-B of IPC and section 7, 7-A, 8, 13 (1)(a) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act against former registrars and officials of Punjab State Pharmacy Council (PSPC), owners/principals of private pharmacy colleges, and others. The case alleges irregularities in facilitating admissions, registration, and issuing licenses of D-Pharmacy to ineligible students studying in private colleges.
Dr. Gill was arrested on January 15, 2024, and produced in court the next day. His advocate presented his medical record of surgery, and the court ordered him to be examined at the Civil Hospital Ludhiana. A medical board referred him to PGI Chandigarh, where he was admitted under judicial custody of VB. He was released from PGI on January 24, 2024, after being examined by a board of specialists.
In addition to Dr. Gill, the VB has arrested Sarabjit Singh Brar, Principal of Adesh Institute of Medical Science and Research Bhatinda, R.S. Ramakodi, Principal of Lala Lajpat Rai College, Sehna, in Barnala district in 2013, and Baljinder Singh Bajwa, Principal of Lala Lajpat College of Pharmacy Moga in 2011. The VB has also arrested Parveen Kumar Bharadwaj and Dr. Tejvir Singh, both former Registrars of PSPC, along with Superintendent Ashok Kumar. Nine pharmacists have also been arrested in the case.
The VB alleges that the owners/principals of private colleges, in connivance with the aforementioned Registrars and officials of PSPC, admitted students from other states without obtaining mandatory migration certificates and accepting bribes from unsuspecting candidates. The VB also alleges that some students obtained admission to the D-pharmacy course by possessing fake 10+2 educational qualifications.
The VB is continuing its investigation to scrutinize the roles of other officials, employees, and clerks of PSPC, along with individuals associated with private colleges.
- Keywords: Adesh Medical College, Dr. Gurprit Gill, D-Pharmacy degrees, fraud, Punjab State Pharmacy Council, Vigilance Bureau, Chandigarh, India