Jaipur, October 29 — The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police has arrested a foreign MBBS graduate who allegedly paid Rs 22 lakh for a forged screening-exam certificate after failing to clear the mandatory test, The Times of India reported. The investigation has identified more than 100 foreign-trained medical graduates allegedly linked to a racket that used fake certificates to secure Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC) registration and internships at medical colleges.
Source: The Times of India
Rakesh Kumar Yadav, 32, a resident of Bansur in Kotputli-Behror district, was arrested on October 26 after investigators found evidence against him, SOG DIG Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav said, according to the report. He allegedly paid Nafis Khan, a resident of Alwar, and Shubham Gurjar, from Dausa, to arrange a forged certificate for the December 2023 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).
Failed the test three times, police allege
Yadav studied MBBS at Avicenna Medical College in Tajikistan from 2017 to 2022. After returning to India, he appeared for the FMGE in December 2022, June 2023 and December 2023 but failed to qualify, investigators said. He allegedly obtained the forged certificate and used it to apply for an internship through the RMC. He was allotted an internship at Pandit Nawal Kishore Sharma Government Medical College in Dausa and later applied for provisional registration with the council. He left the internship after reports emerged that foreign medical graduates were allegedly using forged FMGE certificates, police said.
Shubham Gurjar has already been arrested in the case, while Nafis Khan remains absconding. Police allege Khan also obtained a forged certificate and completed an internship using it.
38 arrested, including the former RMC registrar
The SOG registered the case on February 4, 2026, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. Investigators allege that racket kingpin Bhanaram Mali and his associates charged applicants between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 lakh to arrange forged certificates and facilitate RMC registration. Thirty-seven people, including the RMC registrar, had been arrested before Yadav's arrest, taking the total to 38. Those held earlier included 32 foreign-trained medical graduates, former RMC registrar Dr Rajesh Sharma, council clerks Akhilesh Mathur and Farhan Hasan, and alleged middlemen, according to The Times of India.
In an earlier wave of the same investigation reported by PTI and Medical Dialogues, four foreign-trained graduates were arrested after allegedly paying Rs 27 lakh to Rs 30 lakh each for forged certificates and completing internships at government medical colleges in Dausa, Dholpur, Jaipur and Alwar before applying for RMC registration; ADGP (SOG) Vishal Bansal had then put total arrests at 33. The FMGE screening test, conducted by the National Board of Examinations, is mandatory for Indian citizens with foreign medical degrees who wish to practise in India. The investigation is continuing, police said, and all the accused are alleged offenders whose cases are yet to be decided by the courts.
Source: Medical Dialogues (PTI)