New Delhi, July 2 -- The National Medical Commission (NMC) has levied severe penalties against a private medical college in Karnataka and blacklisted a senior assessor following an instance of alleged bribery.

The Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested a senior doctor working with the NMC as an assessor in May for allegedly accepting a Rs.10 lakh bribe in exchange for providing a favorable assessment report for the medical college, the NMC said in a press release on Wednesday. The CBI has lodged an FIR against several assessors, the college authorities and others and the matter is under investigation.

The NMC said it viewed the incident with "utmost seriousness" and has decided to blacklist the implicated assessor, pending the fin...