A court in national capital on Monday issued summons to Ketan Desai, former president of Medical Council of India (MCI), and five others after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by CBI against them in a graft case.

Special CBI judge Dharmesh Sharma sought their presence on November 2 after taking cognisance of the charge sheet which said Desai had accepted Rs 2 crore bribe for giving recognition to a private medical college in Punjab.

"I take cognisance of the charge sheet filed against the accused persons. Issue summons against them for November 2," the judge said.

CBI had filed the charge sheet after more than a year of arrest of Ketan Desai and three others -- J P Singh, Kamaljeet Singh and Sukhvinder Singh --in connection with the alleged graft case.

Kamaljeet had delivered Rs 2 crore bribe at the South Delhi residence of middleman J P Singh and the money was to be paid to Desai for getting recognition for the college, the charge sheet said.

CBI has sought prosecution of the accused under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC dealing with criminal conspiracy, demanding and accepting bribe and abuse of official position.

The agency, in the charge sheet, said the medical college had applied for permission for admission of students and a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Desai in which it was found that the institution lacked proper infrastructure.

On account of deficiencies, discussed in the inspection report, the college was not granted approval, it said, adding that later, a conspiracy was hatched to get round the negative report and obtain the sanction for the college.

During the investigation, CBI had conducted searches at various premises of Desai who allegedly revealed huge amounts of cash, investments and gold worth several crores of rupees.

Besides the FIR lodged under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Desai has been made an accused in various cases relating to Income Tax evasion, amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and money laundering.