New Delhi: In a major operation related to the NEET-UG paper leak case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids in Gujarat across four districts—Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, and Godhra. Officials have arrested five individuals allegedly involved in facilitating malpractices.
The principal and the vice-principal of a school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh and a journalist of a Hindi were the first to succumb to CBI in connection with this, officials had said.
The principal of Oasis School was made the city coordinator of Hazaribagh for the medical entrance exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 5, they said.
Designated as the NTA’s observer the Voice principal Alam was the center coordinator for Oasis School, the officials said, adding that the CBI was also questioning five more people from the district in connection with the leak.
Jamaluddin Ansari, the journalist, was arrested for allegedly trying to help the principal and the vice-principal, the officials said on Saturday. The CBI has registered six FIRs in the NEET-UG paper leak case, which include its own FIR on a reference from the Union education ministry and five from the states where it took over the investigation.
NEET-UG is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions.
Having conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 abroad the exam made provisions for More than 23 lakh candidates who had appeared for the test.
The first CBI FIR was registered on June 23, a day after the ministry announced it would hand over the probe into the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam to the central agency.
