Srinagar, Aug. 31 -- The Crime Branch of police conducted searches at six locations in the Valley on Saturday in connection with the MBBS admission scam, an official said.

The Economic Offences Wing of the crime branch was acting on a case registered against four individuals, who allegedly offered several people fake MBBS admissions in Bangladesh.

A probe had revealed that a huge amount of money was collected by these individuals on the pretext of offering medical admissions, but no money was ever transferred to any medical college, a crime branch spokesperson said.

Preliminary investigation substantiated the allegations of fraud, the spokesperson said, adding that accordingly, a case pertaining to cheating and criminal conspiracy, pun...