The Special Task Force of Uttar
Pradesh police has arrested two people for allegedly duping many medical-course aspirants after promising them admission in state medical colleges, an official said today.
Ashish Kumar and Sudhir Singh were arrested from the Link road in Ghaziabad yesterday, he said.
The arrests were made on complaints lodged by some students.
During interrogation, it was found that the accused took about Rs 1.23 crore from 92 candidates in the past six months after promising them admissions in medical colleges, the official said.
A probe into the matter is underway, he added.
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