NEET-UG case: CBI makes 1st arrests; 2 accused provided safe accommodation

The CBI on Thursday made its first arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak case, taking two people in custody in Patna while three candidates in Gujarat who had allegedly solicited help to clear the exam recorded their statements with the probe agency, officials said.

• 'GAVE LEAKED QUESTION PAPERS, ANSWER KEYS TO STUDENTS'

The two arrested accused Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar allegedly provided safe accommodation to the medical entrance exam aspirants before the examination and gave them leaked question papers and answer keys, they said.

Both were produced before a special court in Patna which sent them to judicial custody, the officials said, adding the CBI will now seek the duo's remand to quiz them.

Ashutosh Kumar had allegedly taken 'Learn Boys Hostel and Play School' in Patna on rent from where the Economic Offence Unit of Bihar Police had recovered half-burnt question papers of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), they said.

The CBI has found that Ashutosh Kumar knew the premises was being used for providing question papers to NEET aspirants, officials said.

Takeaways

>> Both were produced before a special court in Patna which sent them to judicial custody, the officials said, adding the CBI will now seek the duo's remand to quiz them

>> 'Ashutosh Kumar had allegedly taken 'Learn Boys Hostel and Play School' in Patna on rent from where the Economic Offence Unit of Bihar Police had recovered half-burnt question papers of NEET-UG'