NEET UG Exam 2022: CBI Busts Cheating Racket, Mastermind Among 8 Arrested

During investigation, the mastermind and solvers were caught from different examination centres and other places in Delhi and Haryana while impersonating candidates.

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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday busted a fraudulent candidate racket in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam (NEET-UG) held on Sunday for admission to various medical courses. The investigation agency arrested eight people in connection with the case including the mastermind, reported news agency IANS. 

The arrested accused included mastermind Sushil Ranjan, Krishna Shankar Yogi, Sunny Ranjan, Nidhi, Jeepu Lal Raghunandan and Bharat Singh, as per the report. 

Eleven of the accused were booked on the allegations of fraud in the exam conducted by the NTA, under the Education Ministry, for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, BHMS and other undergraduate medical courses in approved, recognised medical, dental, AYUSH and other colleges/deemed universities, as well as institutes like AIIMS and JIPMER. 

As per the report quoting the CBI, the mastermind who is a resident of Delhi’s Gautam Nagar was involved in arranging solvers —  in conspiracy with others including some candidates — to impersonate these candidates during the examination across several centres in Delhi and Haryana. 

User IDs and passwords of the certain candidates appearing for the examination had been collected by the accused and their associates and necessary modifications were made for getting desired examination centres as planned by them, the report stated further. 

The accused made proxy students appear for the exam by allegedly using the process of mixing and morphing photographs, the report said, adding that copies of identity cards of such candidates were being collected for the purpose of making forged ID cards.

During investigation, the mastermind and solvers were caught from different examination centres and other places in Delhi and Haryana while impersonating candidates.

Two solvers were caught from the centre at Faridabad's Sector 81, another solver from centre at a school in Delhi's Havelock Square, New Delhi while the mastermind was also apprehended from outside the school, and another accused from the hostel of Safdarjung Hospital.