AP PG admission scam unearthed
A probe ordered by governor E S L Narasimhan after President's Rule was imposed in Andhra Pradesh has unearthed a Rs100 crore paper leak scam in the Post-Graduate Medical Entrance Test conducted by the Vijayawada-based Dr NTR University of Health Sciences. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday booked a case in connection with the alleged irregularities in the exam. "The CID has registered a case on charge of cheating and under other relevant sections of IPC and AP Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair Means Act, and has begun its probe," director general of police B Prasada Rao said. The state government had on Monday ordered a CID inquiry into the alleged irregularities in PG Medical Entrance Exam, after a one-man committee, headed by State Council of Higher Education Chairman, L Venugopal Reddy, constituted to look into the issue submitted its report to Governor E S L Narasimhan. A team of CID visited the university and qu