Prashant Bhushan alleges scam in Dental Coucil of India
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NEW DELHI: Alleging "massive corruption" in the Dental Council of India, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Friday said that some council members had received pecuniary benefits from private colleges in return for increase in the number of MDS seats. Bhushan has written to Union health minister J P Nadda seeking a CBI inquiry against DCI members.
Among the alleged malpractices Bhushan, a senior SC lawyer has highlighted, include a jump of 200% in the number of seats for masters in dental surgery (MDS) in the academic year 2011-2012 under DCI president Dibyendu Mazumdar. Bhushan said that despite a CBI inquiry and several DCI members under investigation no action had been taken against the members by the council itself. "Most private dental colleges charge a huge capitation fee for each seat and therefore all willing to resort to corrupt practices to any extent to increase the number of seats for their colleges," Bhushan said in his letter.