Amid the controversy over National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into medical colleges, four men arrested from Bihar have confessed that the question paper for the entrance exam was leaked the previous day.
NEET-UG 2024 is a burning issue that has seen students hit the streets over allegations of a question paper leak and grace marks awarded to over 1,500 students. While the grace marks were later scrapped and the students were offered a re-test, paper leak was denied by the education minister.
The four men arrested from Bihar include Anurag Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Amit Anand, as well as Sikandar Yadavendu, a junior engineer in Danapur municipal council.
The accused admitted that they received the question paper the day prior to their exam and were made to memorize it. In a statement to the cops, they said the exact questions were asked in the exam the next day.
Anurag Yadav, an aspirant, said his uncle, Sikandar Yadavendu, gave the question paper and its answer sheet to him and the other two candidates.
“I was made to read and memorize it at night. When I went to give the exam, I found the same questions in the exam which I had memorized correctly. After the exam, the police came and caught me, and I confessed my crime,” he said.
Yadavendu claimed that the other two accused, Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand, told him they could leak the question paper of any competitive exam and it would cost Rs 30-32 lakh for each aspirant to clear NEET.
“I agreed and I told them I have four boys (who need help in passing the exam). On June 4 night, I took them with me and Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand gave them the question paper. Out of greed, I had also asked for Rs 40 lakh from each aspirant instead of Rs 30 lakh,” he told the cops.
He said he was caught with the admit cards of the students during a vehicle check the next day and confessed his crime.
