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The CBI has arrested a complete of 40 folks in reference to the NEET-UG paper leak case. (PTI consultant photograph)
The CBI has up to now arrested 40 accused within the case, together with 15 by the Bihar police, and performed searches at 58 areas
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed its first chargesheet underneath IPC sections 120-B, 201, 409, 380, 411, 420 and 109 alleging irregularities within the NEET-UG 2024 examination. The investigating company has additionally framed substantive offenses towards 13 accused, specifically Nitish Kumar, Amit Anand, Sikander Yadvendu, Ashutosh Kumar-1, Roshan Kumar, Manish Prakash, Ashutosh Kumar-2, Akhilesh Kumar, Avdesh Kumar, Anurag Yadav, Abhishek Kumar, Fnandan Kumar and Ayush Raj.
The case was initially registered on the Shastri Nagar police station in Patna and was later handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 23. Fifteen folks had been arrested and 58 areas had been searched.
Final week, the CBI in an official assertion stated that the NEET-UG 2024 query paper was illegally taken from Oasis College in Hazaribagh by Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya alias Sahil on the morning of Could 5. Get, he was one of many masterminds of the plan. The query papers had been stolen with the connivance of NTA Metropolis Coordinator and Principal of Oasis College, Hazaribagh and Heart Director and Vice Principal of Oasis College.
Additional investigation is ongoing into different accused/suspects and different facets of the case. A number of different accused have been detained by police/judicial authorities. A supplementary chargesheet shall be filed when additional investigation towards these accused/suspects is accomplished, the investigating company stated in an announcement.
