Patna : News Agency : The Economic Offenses Wing of the police had arrested 13 people in the alleged NEET-UG 2024 paper leak case. Some of these accused were demanding Rs 30 lakh each from those who wanted the paper before the NEET exam. Police have seized the post-dated checks issued in this regard as strong evidence to prove this matter. This is considered to be a major success achieved by the police in the neat paper-footage case.
These are checks made out to the gang behind the paper. They were seeking to recover Rs 30 lakh or more from each candidate who demanded the allegedly cracked papers ahead of the NEET exam held last month. Economic Offenses Wing Deputy Inspector General Manavjeet Singh Dhillo said that the checks seized by us during the investigation have released the names of those who had made the question papers available to the candidates before the examination. We are getting information about the account holders from the concerned bank, he added.
As of today, 13 people including 4 examinees and their families have been arrested in this case. All the accused are from Bihar. Burned question papers were also found during the investigation. The police has asked the NTA for the question paper for verification and there is no response from the NTA yet. The police will also conduct a forensic test of the burnt question papers.
35 students got the paper already
Before the exam, the question paper was made available to nearly 35 students. All these students were taken to a rented house in Ramakrishna Nagar in Patna and asked questions there. The police also inspected this house. There are some evidences available. 2.4 lakh students appeared for this examination conducted by NTA at 4,750 centers in 571 cities. The result was announced on June 4. Since then, riots and student protests have continued across the country.
Notice to nine examinees
The Economic Offenses Branch has issued notices to nine examinees, including 7 from Bihar, 1 from Uttar Pradesh and one from Maharashtra. All of them have been ordered to appear for the inquiry.
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