NEET UG-2024 Leak Case: CBI Arrests NIT Engineer For Stealing Paper From Sealed Trunk In Jharkhand

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two more individuals in connection with the NEET UG-2024 paper leak case according to a report from The Indian Express.

One of the arrested is Pankaj Kumar, also known as Aditya, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur.

Kumar, a resident of Bokaro, allegedly stole the question paper from a sealed trunk in Hazaribagh and was apprehended in Patna.

The other arrested individual is Raju Singh, who reportedly assisted Kumar in stealing the paper and passing it to other gang members. Singh was arrested in Hazaribagh.

With these arrests, the total number of individuals apprehended in connection with the paper leak, impersonation, and other irregularities in the medical entrance exam has reached 14.

The CBI, investigating the alleged irregularities in the exam, has registered six FIRs.

The FIR from Bihar relates to the paper leak, while the others from Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra are about candidate impersonation and cheating.