On Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained four MBBS students from AIIMS Patna in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case. Three of the four males have been identified as third-year medical students: Chandan Singh, Rahul Anant, and Kumar Shanu. The fourth accused, Karan Jain, is a first-year student at the prestigious institute.
On Wednesday, the party was held from their hostel, and their rooms were shut.
GK Pal, AIIMS Patna’s director, verified the development.
“The CBI has apprehended four students. “Chandan Singh, Rahul Anant, and Kumar Shanu are third-year students, while Karan Jain is a second-year student,” AIIMS Patna Director G K Paul stated.
He stated that a senior officer had sent them images and mobile phone numbers of students who were needed in the investigation.
The students were caught in front of senior management at AIIMS Patna.
Dr Pal said that no doctor had been arrested.
“No doctor has been arrested, but as per the information available, the CBI team has taken away four students. One of these students was not at the hostel. He reported to them later. So, going by the information we have received, a total of four students are with the CBI. One of their senior officers had earlier shared the names of all students involved in the NEET scam, along with their photos and mobile numbers,” he said.
Dr Pal emphasised that help and cooperation have been provided regarding the investigation underway.
“We have cooperated regarding all the help they needed. We will continue to cooperate. The students haven’t returned yet. We don’t know about the involvement of students, how they got involved, or whether they are guilty. The students are Chandan Singh, Rahul Anand, Karan Jain, and Kumar Sanu. Chandan Singh is a resident of Siwan (Bihar), Kumar Sanu is a resident of Patna (Bihar), Rahul Anand is actually from Dhanbad (Jharkhand) but now lives in Patna, and Karaa Jain is from Araria (Bihar). Yesterday, CBI told us to seal their rooms. CBI has sealed three rooms, and we sealed one room
The move came two days after CBI arrested Pankaj Kumar, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, who allegedly stole the NEET-UG paper from the NTA trunk in Hazaribagh.
The CBI is probing the NEET paper leak in Bihar. They have arrested dozens of people, including aspirants, over alleged malpractices in the conduct of the exam.
The Supreme Court, hearing a clutch of petitions over the NEET row, asked the petitioners to prove that the paper leak in Bihar was systematic and the sanctity of the entire exam was compromised.
The Centre and the National Testing Agency have submitted before the court that re-examination will jeopardize the future of lakhs of hard-working students.
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Source: HT
