NEET-UG Scandal: CBI Files FIR, Arrests 18, NTA Takes Action Against More Students

NEET-UG Scandal

NEET-UG Scandal: The CBI investigation into the NEET paper leak and education mafia has finally taken a step forward. As per the reports, the CBI has filed an FIR and has dispatched teams to Bihar, the Bihar police has also have arrested five people in connection with a paper leak.

This marks a total of 18 arrests till now in connection with a paper leak.

As the investigation goes on, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has taken a tough decision and has kicked 17 out of centers in Bihar for "malpractices.”

After the demand for the cancellation of the May 5 exam grew, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the government's earlier position that the cases of cheating were "localized" or "isolated," and it wasn't fair to put the careers of lakhs of candidates who passed the exam legally at risk.

On Sunday, there was a voluntary retest for 1,563 students whose marks were thrown away out of which only 813 students appeared.

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Because the May 5 test started late, these candidates lost time at six centers. To make up for it, the NTA gave them extra marks called "grace marks."

There were claims that it caused marks to be inflated and helped six people with a grace mark from the same center in Haryana get a perfect score of 720, along with 61 others.

As per the reports from EOU said that five people were arrested on Saturday in Deoghar, Jharkhand. The five persons behind the paper leak were Baldev Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Panku Kumar, Rajeev Kumar and Paramjeet Singh.

The statement said that Baldev Kumar, who is part of the infamous Sanjeev Kumar alias Lutan Mukhiya gang, got the NEET-UG exam's solved answer sheet in PDF format on his cell phone the day before the test.

The NTA also made it clear on Sunday that its website and all of its other web sites are completely safe and that claims that they have been hacked or compromised are false and misleading.

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