MBBS seat scam accused seeks leniency

The convicted Congress MP Rasheed Masood is to be presented at the Teez Hazari Court in New Delhi concerning his sentence over his alleged connection to the MBBS seat scam case. He was convicted of cheating, forgery and corruption for the MBBS seat scam. His lawyers have pleaded the court to take leniency in his case citing his deteriorating health and old age. The convicted for such scams are provisioned to attract imprisonment of up to seven years.

Masood was guilty of nominating the undeserving candidates to MBBS seats which were allocated in Tripura from the central pool. This happened during Masood’s tenure as the MoS health in the year 1990-91. CBI alleged that some underserving candidates got their names for the academic session during 1990-91 from the accused Gurdial Singh who was then Resident Commissioner Tripura and Masood.

Along with Masood and Gurdial Singh, the then chief minister of Tripura, Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar and the then health minister of the state, Kashi Ram Reang were also among the accused but passed away the pending trial. If Masood gets a jail term of two years, he would be disqualified as to be a Rajya Sabha MP.