The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Wednesday sought to distance itself from assessors engaged by it to conduct inspections in medical institutions on its behalf amid CBI raids to nab people involved in racket to give favourable assessment reports in exchange for bribes. Inspection of medical colleges is undertaken by the NMC on a periodic basis to assess whether they meet the minimum essential standards specified by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, as the case may be. Inspections are also undertaken before allowing medical institutions to increase seats. In May, the CBI arrested a senior doctor working as assessor with the NMC immediately after he received a bribe of Rs 10 lakh allegedly in exchange for a positive assessment report linked to a private medical college in Karnataka. The NMC, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said they have decided to blacklist the said assessor, pending investigation and final verdict in the matter.