The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two persons from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, in connection with the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET-UG.
Dr. Ehsanul Haque, the principal of Oasis School and the Hazaribagh district coordinator for NEET-UG appointed by the National Testing Agency, and Imtiaz Alam, the vice principal of the same school, were apprehended by the CBI.
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Oasis School is believed to be the origin of the suspected paper leak. According to media reports, Haque mentioned a digital lock on two boxes containing the question papers failed to open at 1:15 pm on May 5, the exam day, necessitating the use of a cutter.
Alam, who served as the exam center’s superintendent, had said on June 21, officials from the Bihar Economic Offences Unit (EOU) visited the school as a part of their investigation.
The EOU discovered that the serial code on the remnants of a leaked question paper in Bihar matched the code of the papers at Oasis School. The officials took the two aluminium boxes containing the question papers for further examination.
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The Ministry of Education handed over the investigation of alleged irregularities in the NEET (UG) 2024 examination to the CBI on June 22 for a thorough probe.
Earlier on Thursday, the CBI has arrested two persons from Patna as a part of its ongoing investigation into the NEET-UG exam leak case. Among those detained is Manish Prakash, who is accused of arranging accommodations for numerous students involved in the scandal.
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The NEET-UG exam leak has emerged as a high-profile case, with new developments unfolding daily. Central to the controversy is Sanjeev Mukhiya, identified as the primary orchestrator behind the recent breach.
Sanjeev Mukhiya, also known as Sanjeev Singh, hails from the Nalanda district in Bihar and has a notorious history of engaging in exam fraud for two decades. Formerly a technical assistant at Nalanda College’s Noorsarai branch, Mukhiya has been linked to several exam paper leaks, including the infamous 2016 Bihar Public Service Commission constable recruitment exam scandal.
