CBI files FIR against former chief of Medical Exam Body

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against Dr Bipin Batra, former chief of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Science (NBEMS), and other officials over allegations of misappropriation of funds and wrongful appointment.

In the FIR, Dr Bipin Batra, ex-Additional Director of NBEMS, unknown members or officials of the Selection Committee, NBEMS and Prometric Testing Pvt. Ltd, and unknown private persons have been named as the accused in the case.

The complaint into the matter reads that an extremely worrying and sorry state of affairs prevailed in NBEMS from November 2003 to August 2017 and that rot had seeped into the functioning of NBEMS during the said period due to the active collusion, connivance, and complicity of several officers/officials of NBEMS, including one Dr Bipin Batra. The said Dr Bipin Batra, in a short span of seven years, managed to illegally rise to and occupy the top post of NBEMS and was controlling the functioning of the organisation despite being ineligible for the initial appointment and also for the successive posts. There is no denying that this situation could not have been brought about without the rampant misuse of powers by several persons within the NBEMS, which has caused severe loss and prejudice to the organisation and its credibility.

The complaint also alleged the illegal and wrongful appointment of Dr Bipin Batra on the post of Assistant Controller of Examinations (ACE), NBEMS, with the active collusion, connivance, and complicity of several persons in NBEMS with Dr Batra.
The FIR also contains allegations of misappropriation of funds.