A major corruption scandal has surfaced involving Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute, a medical college based in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered a bribery network orchestrated to manipulate inspection reports in favour of the institute, which allegedly failed to meet several mandatory government parameters.
Sources say the institute resorted to unethical tactics to gain recognition despite infrastructural and academic shortcomings. Bribes were paid to assessment officers to ensure favourable evaluations. Acting on credible intelligence, the CBI conducted a massive crackdown across six states and arrested six individuals, including three doctors, who were allegedly caught red-handed while accepting bribes worth ₹55 lakh in Bengaluru.
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The operation spanned Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka, with CBI teams carrying out coordinated searches at more than 40 premises linked to the accused. The raids are part of a wider probe into a suspected inspection-rigging network involving multiple officials and assessors associated with medical education bodies.
The officials of the Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute allegedly contacted assessors directly and arranged for bribes to influence the outcome of inspection reports. The bribe in question, reportedly delivered in Bengaluru, was used as a trap by CBI sleuths to catch the accused red-handed.
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Arrests, Legal Action, and Ongoing Probe
All six arrested individuals will be produced before local courts, and further custodial interrogation is likely. Investigators have also unearthed multiple strategies employed by the institute to subvert regulatory inspections. These include tampering with documentation, presenting misleading compliance data, and pressuring assessors.
The CBI has emphasized that the investigation is ongoing and further arrests cannot be ruled out. Officials confirmed that the focus remains on dismantling the entire bribery network and identifying institutional loopholes that allowed such misconduct to flourish.