Medical college scam: With netas, babus as followers, Rawatpura Sarkar thrived without a blemish

IANS | July 5, 2025 2:10 PM

Bhopal, July 5 (IANS) Ravi Shankar Maharaj, at the centre of a medical education scam involving bribes for granting accreditation to sub-standard medical colleges, may have thrived all these years with help from influential followers, including politicians and bureaucrats, and his efforts to painstakingly nurture a network spanning religion, education and politics across central India.

Multi-city CBI raids: Bribes, godman’s role exposed in medical college regulation; 6 held

IANS | July 5, 2025 1:18 PM

New Delhi/Bhopal/Raipur, July 5 (IANS) In a sweeping action exposing deep-rooted corruption in medical college regulation and accreditation, the CBI arrested six people, including three doctors, and busted a racket involving self-styled godman Rawatpura Sarkar, former UGC Chairman D.P. Singh and a network of officials and middlemen, an official said on Saturday.