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RGUHS VC charged with giving preferential treatment to son in MBBS exam
12 days before his retirement, RGUHS VC Dr K S Sriprakash has been charged with giving preferential treatment to his son Karthik Sriprakash in his final year MBBS exam. Karthik, a student of BMC, was allowed to write the exam in December 2012. His results were declared against varsity rules and he managed to pass the paper too.
Homemaker Pushparani has filed a complaint against the Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Dr K S Sriprakash under IPC Section 420 (cheating) for giving preferential treatment to her son in the final year MBBS exam.
Allegedly, son of Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS,Karthik Sriprakash, was a MBBS student at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMC for short). He was short of attendance for his Medicine paper in the final-year MBBS exam which he took in December 2012. He had attended only 83 out of a total of 240 classes. Still, he was not only allowed to write the exam but his results were also declared and he managed to pass the exam.
On the other hand, a cousin of Pushparani and three other students were not allowed to sit for the exam due to attendance shortage. They became victims of RGUHS varsity rules that results of students who are short of attendance would be withheld – a statute which was overlooked in the case of Karthik because of Vice Chancellor’s influence.
Pushparani claims that she has filed complaint now (June 2014) because she just came to know about the examination irregularity through her cousin and his friends, who were Karthik’s classmates.
The complainant has submitted some documentary evidence to the police too, including a letter that BMC students sent to Dr Jaikar Shetty in 2013. Dr Shetty is the Chairman of an internal inquiry committee investigating exam-related irregularities. The letter stated that Karthik’s application form and other records of February 6, 2013 confirm that he had attended less than 50% classes. Yet, not only was his result declared but he had managed to pass the paper too.
Dr Sriprakash refuted the charges saying that he doesn’t interfere in administrative matters and for him, all the children and his son are equal. He also said that he wonders why the allegations are being made against him now – just 12 days before his retirement.