How fake freedom fighter certificates opened doors to MBBS seats
Dehradun/Mussoorie, Oct. 13 -- In 1942, Dharamveer Verma spent a month in jail in Dehradun for participating in Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement .
In September this year, 84 years later, Verma was in the news again with at least six persons showing themselves as his descendants to claim admission in Uttarakhand medical colleges under the "Freedom Fighter" quota.
In between, in 2014, at the age of 84, Verma passed on leaving behind a family that is now shocked by the venality on display in the current controversy.
"We were shocked when local revenue officials came to our home and asked whether we took benefit of the quota," said his son, Manoj Kumar Verma, 58, speaking at his residence in Dehradun's Arhat Bazaar.
Dharamveer was just 12 a...
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