Lakhs collected, $8,000 deposited: the consultancies that let a student be expelled from a Bangladesh medical college for their own shortfall

Bangladesh is a common destination for medical students from Kashmir and the rest of India, and its private colleges are real, recognised institutions. That is exactly what made this case work: the student was genuinely enrolled — until the college discovered it had been paid a fraction of what the family had handed over.

According to Greater Kashmir, the Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir filed a chargesheet on 20 February 2026 (FIR No. 20/2025, under IPC sections 420 and 120-B — cheating and criminal conspiracy) against four people: a man who referred the complainant to a consultancy, the proprietor of a firm called M/s Europe Consultancy Centre, and the two owners of a firm called Overseas Consultancy. The complainant, introduced through a relative, paid the consultancies "lakhs of rupees" as fees to be deposited with Park View Medical College in Bangladesh. Investigators found that only USD 8,000 — about ₹6.04 lakh — had actually been deposited with the college. When the shortfall surfaced, the college expelled the student for incomplete payment. The accused are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

This is the fee-skimming pattern in its purest form. The agent inserts himself between the family and the university, collects the "full package", pays the university the minimum needed to get the student through the door, and keeps the rest. The family believes the fees are paid because the student is sitting in class. The university believes the family is in arrears. Both are right, and the student is the one who loses the seat.

It is also completely preventable. Tuition should be paid by the family directly to the university's bank account — Bangladeshi private medical colleges, like most institutions, provide an official invoice and account details on request — and a receipt on the college's letterhead should be in the family's hands before the student travels. If a consultancy insists on collecting tuition "on the college's behalf", it is asking for the exact position that made this case possible. Ask the college's accounts office, in writing, what has been received in your name; it is a routine question and a legitimate agent will not mind.