Sanjay Sahay & ASRP Mukesh
Documents being seized at Rims during CID in Ranchi
Ranchi: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday searched the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) and examined documents after complaints of irregularities in MBBS admissions and tender allotments. The probe has expanded amid recent fake certificate cases in Jharkhand’s medical colleges after chief minister Hemant Soren ordered a CID investigation late last year.A CID team reached Rims around noon and examined records at the dean’s office and other sections. Sources said complaints pointed to admissions secured on the basis of forged caste and residential certificates.Another team inspected tender-related files at the director’s office regarding the allotment to a reportedly ineligible party. Sources said that the authorities sought additional documents from Rims, and further action is expected as the probe progresses.On the fake admissions, Rims dean Dr D K Sinha said that they already took action against a student last year and one more hailing from Pakur district is under scanner.“The admission of a first-year MBBS student Kajal Kumari was cancelled in Dec 2025 after her caste certificate was found to be forged. A complaint against one student is under examination. The disability certificate of another student, against whom a complaint was lodged, however, was found to be genuine,” he said.The CID’s intervention assumes significance as multiple medical colleges in the state detected admissions obtained through forged documents.Similar cases also surfaced in a few other state medical colleges last year. At Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (SNMMCH), Dhanbad, an MBBS aspirant from Godda, Sucharita Datta, lost her admission on Nov 13, 2025, after her Scheduled Tribe certificate was declared fake upon verification. An FIR was subsequently lodged at Saraidhela police station.Medinirai Medical College Hospital in Daltonganj too cancelled the admission of first-year student Anshu Raj on Dec 20, 2025, after his caste and residential certificates were found to be fabricated.State health minister Irfan Ansari, on the other hand, said that the probe is part of the govt’s zero-tolerance policy against admissions using fake certs. “We have asked CID to scan all admissions in 2025 both at private and public medical colleges. Strict action will be taken on anyone found wrongdoing,” he said.
