ED raids 15 sites across 10 states in massive NMC bribery probe

The Enforcement Directorate ED on Thursday conducted searches at 15 locations across Delhi and nine other states in connection with a case of bribery involving several government officials a few linked to the National Medical Commission NMC and Ministry of Health and Family WelfareThe raids are underway under Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA from early Thursday at these locations in Andhra Pradesh Telangana Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Gujarat Rajasthan Bihar Uttar Pradesh and Delhi as part of the agencys probe initiated based on June 30 2025 First Information Report FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIThe premises being searched include seven medical college premises located in multiple states as well as certain private persons named as accused in the FIRIn the CBI FIR it is alleged that bribes had been paid to government officials including officials of National Medical Commission NMC officials instead of disclosing confidential information pertaining to the inspection of medical colleges to the key managerial persons related to medical colleges and middlemen which enabled them to manipulate the parameters and obtain approval for running academic courses at the medical collegesIn its 16page FIR RC2182025A0014 the CBI has named 35 accused pointing out that certain public officials associated with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the NMC in criminal conspiracy with intermediaries and representatives of various private medical colleges across the country are engaged in acts of corruption abuse of official position and willful misconductAs per the FIR these individuals have allegedly facilitated unauthorised access to and unlawful duplication and dissemination of confidential files and sensitive information pertaining to the regulatory status and internal processing of medical colleges within the MinistryFurthermore the FIR reads these individuals have been involved in manipulating the statutory inspection process conducted by the NMC by proactively disclosing the inspection schedules and identities of the designated assessors to the concerned medical institutions well in advance of the official communicationSuch prior disclosures have enabled the medical colleges to orchestrate fraudulent arrangements including the bribing of assessors to secure favourable inspection reports the deployment of nonexistent or proxy faculty ghost faculty and the admission of fictitious patients to artificially project compliance during inspections and tampering with the biometric attendance systems to falsify faculty presence records reads the CBI FIRThese acts committed in exchange for monetary and other illicit considerations undermine the integrity of the regulatory framework and jeopardise the quality of medical education and public health standards in the country it addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever