The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over five cases of malpractices in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG 204 in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar, while two school teachers were arrested in Maharashtra on Monday; News 18 has reported.
Teachers Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav and Jalil Khan Umar Khan Pathan were both arrested. The two others, identified as Iranna Mashnaji Kongalwav from Nanded and Gangadhar from Delhi, are on the run. The case against them was registered under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
The five new cases were being investigated by police in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police arrested two zilla parishad school teachers from Latur and registered a case against four persons after it emerged that a racket was being operated to help NEET students willing to pay money to crack the examination.
Teachers Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav and Jalil Khan Umar Khan Pathan were both arrested. The two others, identified as Iranna Mashnaji Kongalwav from Nanded and Gangadhar from Delhi, are on the run. The case against them was registered under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
Earlier on Saturday, amid protests and litigation, the Centre removed National Testing Agency (NTA) director-general Subodh Singh and handed over the probe into irregularities in NEET-UG to the CBI.
The central probing agency has re-registered one case each from Gujarat and Bihar, as well as three from Rajasthan as its own FIR. It is also likely to take up the Latur case, officials were quoted as saying by News 18. They added that barring the case from Bihar, the other four appear to be isolated incidents of impersonation and cheating by local officials, invigilators and candidates.
The economic offences unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police arrested five more persons on Sunday, taking the total arrests to 18.
