CBI Arrests Key Conspirator of NEET-UG Irregularities from Jharkhand’s Dhanbad

New Delhi: A key conspirator linked to the irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG case was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from Dhanbad in Jharkhand.

According to reports, the suspected key conspirator was identified as Aman Singh. Earlier on Friday, the CBI arrested two other accused in the NEET-UG irregularities case, namely — Dr. Ehsaan Ul Haq and Imtiaz Alam. They were the principal and vice principal of the Oasis School in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh.

Haq was the city coordinator by the NEET-UG exam 2024.

Two other arrests were by the CBI in Bihar’s Patna. They were identified as Manish Prakash and Ashutosh.

Ashutosh was arranging safe house premises for the students, while Manish used to take the candidates to a school to ‘prepare’ them for the exam using leaked question papers.

The CBI has registered multiple FIRs in the case, related to reported paper leaks, impersonation of candidates and cheating.

The apex court had told the National Testing Agency (NTA) that if there is any negligence in conducting the NEET-UG 2024 exam, it should be dealt with thoroughly.

The Centre and the NTA had, on June 13, told the apex court that they had cancelled the grace marks awarded to 1,563 candidates and candidates were given the option to either take a re-test on June 23 or forgo the compensatory marks awarded for loss of time. A total of 813 students appeared for the retest held on June 23 across seven centres.