Email hacker pits AIIMS professors against each other

Two of these emails,from the account of Dr Kriplani to Dr Deepika Deka,spoke of her “superiority” over HoD Dr Suneeta Mittal,and cited her proximity to the Dekas.

This email was forwarded from Dr Deepika Deka’s email address to the faculty association,and other faculty members. The email also claimed that Dr Kriplani had influenced the appointment of the Director in return for a promise to be appointed the next HoD.

The second email was also sent from Dr Kriplani’s account. This appeared to be leaking questions of the senior residency exam. The mail was sent to Reeta Mahey,petitioner in a Central Administrative Tribunal case against the institution and HoD Gynaecology,over alleged irregularities in the selection processes.

After CAT gave a clean chit to the institution,the petitioner approached the High Court and fresh notices were issued on Wednesday.

While Dr Deepika Deka could not be contacted,Dr Kriplani confirmed that her account had been hacked.

Director Dr R C Deka,while confirming the email account hacking, said: “The questions are from an old question paper of the institute. None of the questions in the mail match the question paper of this senior residency exam. The accounts of both doctors were hacked,and somebody has been sending these mails.”

Sources told Newsline that while Dr Deepika Deka’s email account was hacked about a month ago,Dr Kriplani’s account was broken into a week ago.

After both doctors wrote to the administration,the institute’s IT department was put on the job. When it failed to make any headway,the administration referred the matter to the CBI.