LUCKNOW:  The UP Yogi Adityanath-led government has recommended a CBI inquiry into the Ayush admission scam.

An official representative issued the following statement to confirm the development: "Following directives from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the case of anomalies in Ayush colleges admission has been referred to the CBI." In the state's Ayush institutions, at least 12% of admissions for the academic year 2021–2022 may be fraudulent due to a newly discovered fraud involving the counselling process.

In the state's different government and private Ayush institutions, there are 7,338 seats total, of which 891 have been subject to scrutiny.

The Union Ayush ministry announced the anomaly last week. Director of UP's ayurveda services, Prof. S.N. Singh, filed a FIR on Saturday following an internal investigation.

UPTRON Limited, Gomti Nagar, its vendor Soft Solution Private Limited, and the company's representative Kuldeep Singh were all listed by the department in his FIR as being held responsible for the irregularities.

The three persons were accused of criminal conspiracy (section 120 B), dishonesty (420), forgery with intent to defraud (468), and fraudulently or dishonestly using any document as genuine (471) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
In relation to the Ayush admission and counselling fraud, the state government suspended four employees. A special task force was created by the UP Police to look into the situation.

According to the complainant, the designated organization/people were chosen to offer online counselling based on their performance on the National Eligibility Cumulative Entrance Test (NEET). However, he said that the representative had falsified the information they had received from the directorate, which had resulted in the admission of undeserving applicants.

A government investigation found that the merit system's inherent order was frequently ignored. Additionally, in other instances, the chosen candidates hadn't even taken the NEET.

In the meantime, the Director General of Medical Education and Training (DGME) proceeded with the candidates' admittance after placing his or her faith in the counselling records offered by the authorised agency.

But finally, after the abnormalities were apparent, the DG office called the company in to look into the situation. He said that the business used delay tactics and database corruption to avoid difficulties.

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