The CBI has questioned three students from AIIMS Patna in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, according to officials.
Further details about the students being questioned were not immediately known. Earlier, the agency arrested Pankaj Kumar, also known as Aditya, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, for allegedly stealing the NEET-UG paper from the NTA trunk in Hazaribagh.
Kumar, a resident of Bokaro, was arrested in Patna. Additionally, the CBI arrested Raju Singh for allegedly assisting Kumar in stealing the paper.
Singh was arrested in Hazaribagh. The CBI is currently investigating alleged irregularities in the medical-entrance exam and has filed six FIRs. One FIR from Bihar relates to the paper leak, while the others from Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra concern impersonation of candidates and cheating.
The agency’s own FIR, based on a reference from the Union education ministry, calls for 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 took place on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 abroad, with over 23 lakh candidates participating in the test.