NEET-UG paper leak: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has detained a first-year medical student from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Jharkhand's Ranchi in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case. The CBI team is currently interrogating the female medical student. The CBI, which is investigating the NEET paper leak case, received information that the first-year student from RIMS was involved with the "solver gang."
Acting on this information, the CBI team raided the RIMS hostel late Thursday night (July 18). The team went to the girls' hostel at RIMS and detained the first-year MBBS student into custody. Dr Rajiv Ranjan, PRO RIMS, confirmed the development and said that the student belonged to the 2023 batch which is a first-year student and she is now under the custody of CBI.
"They initially approached the administration for some initial information from the student and afterwards yesterday they again approached for further investigation in the same and then they proceeded with the custody of the student. The communication is approached by the CBI only for any further information. In this case, the administration will give full support and whatever information is needed will be given to them whenever they approach but till now after the custody, there is no such thing," he added.
CBI detains four students from AIIMS Patna
This comes after the central probe agency detained four medical students from AIIMS Patna on Wednesday (July 17) in connection with the matter. Among the detainees, three were third-year students and one was a second-year student. The detained students were identified as Chandan Kumar (3rd year), Rahul Kumar (3rd year), Karan Jain (3rd year), and Kumar Shanu (2nd year).
CBI probing irregularities in NEET-UG exam
It is pertinent to mention here that the CBI, which is probing the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam, has registered six FIRs. The FIR from Bihar pertains to the leakage of paper while the remaining from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra are linked to the impersonation of candidates and cheating. The agency's own FIR on a reference from the Union Education Ministry pertains to a "comprehensive investigation" into the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024. NEET-UG is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions. This year, the exam was conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 abroad. More than 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the test.
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