NEET-UG Paper Leaked Case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested the mastermind of the NEET-UG paper leak case and two MBBS students. According to a report by news agency PTI, both the MBBS students worked as solvers.
The two have been identified as Kumar Mangalam Bishnoi and Dipendra Kumar and both are students of Bharatpur Medical College.
Officials said technical surveillance has confirmed the presence of Mangalam Bishnoi, a second-year MBBS student, and Dipendra Kumar Sharma, a first-year medical student, in Hazaribagh on the day of the NEET-UG exam. Officials say the two were allegedly working as solvers for the paper stolen by an engineer named Pankaj Kumar, who has been arrested earlier.
The links extend to NIT Jamshedpur
Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya, a civil engineer of the 2017 batch of National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), allegedly stole the NEET-UG paper from the NTA trunk in Hazaribagh. Shashikant Paswan alias Shashi alias Pasu, a B.Tech (Electrical) passout from NIT, Jamshedpur, was working in this game along with Kumar and Rocky, who were already arrested.
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Another medical student was also arrested on July 19
Earlier on Friday (July 19, 2024), the CBI arrested Surabhi Kumari, a first year MBBS student of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, for allegedly being part of the solver module. Officials said that Kumari was taken into custody after two days of detailed interrogation by the CBI.
The Supreme Court is hearing several petitions
Let us tell you that the Supreme Court is hearing several petitions regarding alleged irregularities in the conduct of medical entrance examination including paper leak. NEET-UG is organized by NTA for admission in MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions. This year the exam was conducted on 5 May at 4,750 exam centers in 571 cities, including 14 foreign cities. More than 23 lakh candidates appeared in this exam.