Madhya Pradesh Medical University lodges FIR against its official

JABALPUR: In a new controversy at MP Medical Sciences University the varsity had lodged a complaint with police that more than 900 answersheets that were sent to deputy registrar for signature are not being returned by her. The deputy registrar has also threatened to move the state women commission.


In-charge vice-chancellor of Madhya Pradesh Medical Sciences University, Dr Prabhat Budholiya said, “Answer sheets were sent to the deputy registrar Dr Puja Sharma for her signature, but she had not returned 911 copies. A notice was issued to her for returning the answersheets, in which it was said that if she fails to return the answersheets by September 16, then an FIR will be lodged against her. In her reply to the notice, she said she doesn’t have any answersheets. We have made a formal complaint with Garha police station in this regard on September 28.”

Garha police station incharge, Rakesh Tiwari said, “A written complaint has been made by university management. It is being investigated. Police have issued a notice to the university and asked it to provide some documents. Apart from it notice has been issued to both the parties for registering their statements.”

Deputy registrar, Dr Puja Sharma said, “The university management had issued notice asking me for returning the answersheets of paramedical students. The management was provided the receipt and receiving letter related to submission of these answersheets that were already submitted. The management is now asking me to return the answersheets of nursing students, which were not given to me.”

“I was a member of the committee that was constituted for probing into the scams related to illegal appointments and I am being harassed for that. As per norms, there should have been an departmental enquiry, but a complaint was made against me to the police,” she said.