Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) has arrested a foreign MBBS graduate who allegedly paid Rs 22 lakh for a forged screening exam certificate after failing to clear the mandatory test.The investigation has identified more than 100 foreign-trained medical graduates allegedly linked to a racket that used fake certificates to secure Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC) registration and internships at medical colleges.Rakesh Kumar Yadav, 32, a resident of Bansur in Kotputli-Behror district, was arrested on Oct 26 after investigators found evidence against him, SOG DIG Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav said.He allegedly paid Nafis Khan, a resident of Alwar, and Shubham Gurjar, from Dausa, to arrange a forged certificate for the Dec 2023 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).Yadav studied MBBS at Avicenna Medical College in Tajikistan from 2017 to 2022. After returning to India, he appeared for the FMGE in Dec 2022, June 2023 and Dec 2023 but failed to qualify, investigators said. He allegedly obtained the forged certificate and used it to apply for an internship through the RMC.He was allotted an internship at Pandit Nawal Kishore Sharma Government Medical College in Dausa and later applied for provisional registration with the council. He left the internship after reports emerged that foreign medical graduates were allegedly using forged FMGE certificates, police said.Shubham Gurjar has already been arrested in the case, while Nafis Khan remains absconding. Police allege Khan also obtained a forged certificate and completed an internship using it.The SOG registered the case on February 4, 2026, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. Investigators allege that racket kingpin Bhanaram Mali and his associates charged applicants between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 lakh to arrange forged certificates and facilitate RMC registration.Thirty-seven people, including the RMC registrar, had been arrested before Yadav’s arrest. Those held included 32 foreign-trained medical graduates, former RMC registrar Dr Rajesh Sharma, council clerks Akhilesh Mathur and Farhan Hasan, and alleged middlemen. The investigation is continuing.
