NEET 2021 Paper Leak: Jaipur Police Arrest 18-Yr-Old Aspirant, Exam Invigilator & 6 Others For Cheating

In a shocking NEET 2021 paper leak case, Jaipur Police has apprehended 8 people, including a NEET candidate for cheating. The paper was leaked on WhatsApp from the centre.

Students at examination centre for NEET 2021 (Representative Phot/PTI)

New Delhi: After the JEE Mains paper leak row, a case of cheating in the recently held NEET examination has also been reported. According to PTI, the Jaipur police have arrested a candidate who appeared in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) examinations for cheating.

Police have also arrested 7 others who helped her cheat the national level exam to get admission to a top medical college which was held on September 12 (Sunday).

The police arrested 18-year-old candidate Dineshwari Kumari along with invigilator Ram Singh, in charge of exam centre’s administration unit Mukesh, Dineshwari’s uncle and four others were also nabbed in connection with the case, DCP Richa Tomar said on Monday.

She explained how after the exam started, accused Ram Singh and Mukesh clicked pictures of the question paper from their mobile phone and sent the same to 2 men in a Jaipur apartment in the Chitrakoot area through WhatsApp. This question paper was then forwarded to someone in Sikar who solved the paper.

“The men (in Sikar) forwarded the answer key to the two men in Chitrakoot who then forwarded it to Mukesh. Mukesh then forwarded it to Singh. Singh helped Dineshwari solve the paper with the help of the answer key," she said, according to the PTI report.

The officer said Dineshwari’s uncle was present outside the exam centre with Rs. 10 lakh in cash which was supposed to be given to the accused who were helping the candidate.

Apart from them, the owner of an e-mitra centre Anil and the owner of a coaching cntre in Alwar’s Bansur were also arrested, the DCP said. Anil had mediated between the candidate, her uncle and the accused who facilitated in cheating. “The deal was finalised for Rs 30 lakh of which Rs 10 lakh was to be given soon after the exam is over," she said. Tomar said the hunt is on for those who prepared the answer key in Sikar.

The exam conducting body, National Testing Agency (NTA) had however denied any paper leak.