Admission agents are allegedly promising government MBBS seats to students with low NEET scores, claiming that rank would not matter if candidates were willing to pay lakhs of rupees and arrange the required documents.
An investigation by Dainik Bhaskar reportedly found a network of agents operating across several states, including West Bengal, Rajasthan and Bihar. Four undercover reporters, posing as students with low NEET scores, contacted more than 50 agents and college representatives across five states.
In West Bengal, one agent allegedly claimed to have links with 11 government medical colleges and offered an MBBS seat for ₹18 lakh, irrespective of a candidate’s NEET rank. The agent reportedly said students could select a college and wait until the second round of counselling.
The alleged racket also involved creating documents to establish a candidate’s West Bengal domicile. The agent reportedly offered to arrange land records, Aadhaar address details, ration cards and electricity connections to make it appear that a candidate’s family had been residing in the state for years.
The same agent allegedly offered an NRI quota route for around ₹1.5 crore.
In Bihar, another agent reportedly claimed to arrange admissions through the NRI quota in Rajasthan. According to the investigation, the agent quoted around ₹15 lakh, including ₹10 lakh for the alleged “setting” and ₹5 lakh for preparing documents. He also claimed to arrange admissions in India, Nepal and Russia.
The investigation further took reporters to North Bengal Medical College in Darjeeling, where a counsellor reportedly explained that documents submitted by students would undergo verification according to the prescribed process.
The alleged racket appears to target a major pressure point in medical admissions: the competition for government MBBS seats. West Bengal has more than 4,000 MBBS seats across its government medical colleges, with roughly 85% falling under the state quota.
According to the investigation, agents allegedly collect a candidate’s NEET score, rank, category and state of residence before offering ways to manufacture or manipulate domicile eligibility.
The reported payment system is also structured in instalments, making the deal appear less risky to the candidate. In the alleged ₹18-lakh arrangement, an initial ₹2 lakh was reportedly demanded as an advance, followed by further payments after documents were prepared and verified. The remaining amount was to be paid at admission.
The investigation raises serious questions about the misuse of domicile documents and the possibility of fraud being carried out in the name of medical admissions. Importantly, an agent’s promise of a government MBBS seat does not mean the admission is genuine or legally possible.
Reader’s Note
NEET rank, eligibility and official counselling rules remain the basis for admission to government medical colleges. Anyone promising a guaranteed government MBBS seat in exchange for money, regardless of rank, should be treated as a major red flag. Students and parents should verify every admission claim through the official counselling authority and the concerned medical college, and should never submit or create false domicile or identity documents.
