The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four undergraduate students from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Patna as part of its ongoing probe into the NEET-UG paper leak case. The arrests are linked to allegations of involvement in the illegal resolution of exam papers for one of the primary suspects, highlighting a significant breach in the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) integrity.
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- The CBI arrested four AIIMS Patna students on July 18, 2024.
- The students arrested are Karan Jain, Kumar Sani, Rahul Anand, and Chandan Singh.
- They are accused of assisting in solving papers for Pankaj Singh, a key suspect in the case.
- Pankaj Singh was apprehended on July 16, 2024, from Patna.
- Singh was charged with stealing the NEET question paper from a trunk in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh.
- The NEET-UG exam was conducted on May 5, 2024, and the results were declared on June 4, 2024.
- Allegations of paper leaks emerged following the exam results.
- The CBI has remanded the arrested students to four days’ custody.
- So far, 32 individuals have been arrested, including suspects from Bihar Police, the Economic Offences Unit, and the CBI.
- On July 11, 2024, Rakesh Ranjan, another major suspect, was arrested for operating the paper leak racket, and the principal and vice-principal of a Hazaribagh school were also apprehended.
