Pune, 13th June 2026: Police have arrested a Telangana-based man accused of duping more than 40 students and parents from Maharashtra and other states by falsely promising admission to MBBS courses in reputed medical colleges.
The accused, identified as Adityakumar alias Arvind Prakashkumar Arogonda (47), a resident of Secunderabad, Telangana, allegedly collected large sums of money from aspirants by claiming he could secure admissions in government and private medical colleges.
Police said several cheating cases have already been registered against him in Hyderabad and Mumbai.
The case came to light after a Pune parent filed a complaint alleging that the accused had cheated them of ₹8.25 lakh. Based on the complaint, a case was registered at Yerawada Police Station on March 18.
During the investigation, police found that several other parents from Pune and nearby areas had also been defrauded, with the total amount involved running into crores of rupees.
Investigators revealed that Arogonda and his associates had set up a company named Advio Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad and operated admission guidance centres in Pune and Mumbai. Through social media campaigns, they approached students seeking medical admissions and offered guaranteed seats in reputed institutions.
According to police, the group charged up to ₹5 lakh as counselling fees for admissions to government medical colleges and ₹3 lakh for private colleges. They also assured parents that the money would be fully refunded if admissions were not secured.
However, the promises turned out to be false, and the accused allegedly issued fake admission-related documents to students and parents.
Police further discovered that Arogonda had recently been arrested by Powai Police in Mumbai in another cheating case and was lodged in Arthur Road Jail under judicial custody. After obtaining the necessary court orders, a team from Yerawada Police took him into custody for further investigation in the Pune case.
Police are now probing the full extent of the fraud and are examining whether more students and parents were targeted through the admission racket.