Last Updated on 25/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
In the NEET paper leak case, the CBI said on Thursday that searches have been conducted at 33 places so far. 36 people have been arrested, out of which 15 have been arrested by Bihar Police. The central investigating agency said that many evidences have also been collected in the paper leak case. On the basis of which further action will be taken.
Clue found from a half burnt piece of paper
The agency said that during the investigation it was found that the NEET (UG) 2024 paper was illegally obtained on May 5, 2024 from Oasis School in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand by Pankaj Kumar, who is one of the masterminds of NEET. In this case, the collusion of many officials including the principal, vice principal of Oasis School has come to the fore. Pankaj, who was absconding, has been traced and arrested. The principal, vice principal and associate of the school have been arrested. The CBI said that the CBI reached this examination center with the pieces of half-burnt question papers.
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The CBI said that the trunk containing the NEET UG 2024 question papers was brought to the school and placed in the control room on May 5 in the morning. A few minutes after the trunk arrived, the school principal and other officials illegally allowed this mastermind to enter the room where the trunks were kept. The sophisticated equipment used to open the trunk and access the question papers from the trunk has been seized.
Hazaribagh solved paper
The CBI said that after getting the NEET paper from the trunk, it was solved in Hazaribagh by a set of solvers and the solved paper was shared with some selected students who paid money to the accused. The CBI said that all the solvers have been identified and some have also been arrested. Some of these solvers are MBBS students of big colleges. The CBI said that some other people were also involved in this rigging who were involved in bringing the candidates.