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In a significant crackdown on corruption in medical admissions, the Commissionerate Police on Saturday busted an interstate racket involved in selling MBBS seats for lakhs of rupees ahead of the crucial NEET exam scheduled to be held on Sunday.

At a press briefing, Commissioner of Police S. Dev Datta Singh revealed that four people-two from Odisha, and one each from Bihar and Jharkhand-have been arrested for their role in the scam.

The accused were allegedly accepting huge sums of money from aspirants. Police have recovered some cheques worth Rs 90 lakh, which indicates that they were taken from aspirants to secure admissions int...