Accused in admitting ineligible college students and issuing D-Pharmacy certificates
CHANDIGARH: Extra District and Classes court docket Ludhiana on Wednesday dismissed the common bail plea of of accused Dr Gurprit Gill, MD of Adesh Medical Faculty Bhatinda who has been arrested by the state Vigilance Bureau (VB) for admitting ineligible candidates and issuing D-Pharmacy levels in a fraudulent method in connivance with Registrars and officers of Punjab State Pharmacy Council (PSPC).
Disclosing this right here at the moment a spokesperson of the state VB instructed that on this regard the Bureau has already registered a felony case beneath FIR No. 17 dated 8.12.2023 beneath sections 420, 465, 466, 468, 120-B of IPC and part 7, 7-A, 8, 13 (1)(a) learn with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act at Financial Offences Wing of VB police station Ludhiana vary in opposition to former registrars and officers of PSPC together with house owners/principals of personal Pharmacy schools and others for committing irregularities in facilitating admissions, registration and issuing licences of D-Pharmacy to the ineligible college students learning in personal schools.
It’s pertinent to say right here that Dr Gurprit Gill was arrested on 15.01.2024 and produced in court docket on subsequent day however his advocate has produced his medical report of Surgical procedure. On his plea the Ludhiana court docket ordered to get him study from civil hospital Ludhiana. A medical board of the hospital comprising three specialists has referred him to PGI Chandigarh on the identical day ie 16.01.2024 and he was admitted on the PGI Chandigarh, beneath judicial custody of VB. After analyzing by a board of specialists he has been relieved from the PGI on January 24, 2024.
He additional added that on this case apart from above talked about accused Dr Gurpreet Singh Gill, the VB has been in a position to arrest Sarabjit Singh Brar, Principal of Adesh Institute of Medical Science and Analysis Bhatinda, R.S. Ramakodi, Principal of Lala Lajpat Rai Faculty, Sehna, in Barnala district within the 12 months 2013 and Baljinder Singh Bajwa, Principal of Lala Lajpat Faculty of Pharmacy Moga within the 12 months 2011. On this case the VB has earlier arrested accused Parveen Kumar Bharadwaj and Dr Tejvir Singh, each former Registrars of PSPC together with Superintendent Ashok Kumar. Along with this, 9 Pharmacists have additionally been nominated and arrested on this case.
Giving extra particulars of this case the spokesperson additional added that with a purpose to fill the vacant seats in D-Pharmacy establishments, the house owners/principals of personal schools allegedly admitted college students from different states in connivance with the above talked about Registrars and officers of PSPC with out acquiring necessary migration certificates, accepting important bribes from unsuspecting candidates. Furthermore, a number of college students obtained admission to the D-pharmacy course by possessing the requisite 10+2 instructional {qualifications} in medical or non-medical streams privately whereas it needs to be handed in common lessons and by attending science practicals.
The stated officers have been discovered indulged in making bribe cash to house owners / principals of personal pharmacy schools for getting issued cast and fabricated 10+2 certificates and D-Pharmacy certificates from completely different establishments and pretend registration certificates from PSPC in a fraudulent method.
Additional investigation on this case was beneath progress to additional scrutinize the roles of different officers, staff, and clerks of PSPC, together with people related to personal schools, he added.
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