THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Deoghar, June 22: Regarding the NEET paper leak case, a team from Patna police has apprehended six individuals from Deoghar. The police team conducted a raid at the residence of Jhunnu Singh near the AIIMS in the Deoripur police station area of Deoghar district and caught six accused.
However, the Patna police had informed the Deoghar police that all these accused were involved in cyber fraud. The Deoghar police came to know on Saturday that all those apprehended were actually involved in the NEET paper leak case.
The youths arrested include Chintu Kumar alias Sintu, Prashant Kumar, Panku Kumar, Parmjeet Singh, Baldev Singh, and Kaju Kumar. All these individuals are residents of Nalanda in Bihar.
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NEET paper reached Chintu first
According to media reports, the NEET paper first reached Chintu. Around 9 am on May 5, questions and answers for the paper arrived on Sintu’s mobile phone. He printed both the question paper and answers to help candidates memorize them.
After this, it was Chintu’s and his associates’ responsibility to escort everyone to their examination centres under their supervision. Chintu himself reached the Learn Play School with candidates from various locations in Patna. Sintu had organized all the arrangements at the Learn Play School.
Bought NEET paper for Rs 30 lakh and sold it for Rs 40 lakh
During interrogation, the arrested accused Sikandar Yadav revealed that he had purchased the NEET exam paper from Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand for 30-32 lakh rupees.
Subsequently, Sikandar sold the paper to Abhishek Kumar from Ranchi, Ayush Kumar from Danapur in Patna, Anurag Yadav from Samastipur, and Shivanandan Kumar from Gaya for 40-40 lakh rupees each. These four candidates were also made to memorize the paper overnight on May 4 in Ramkrishna Nagar, Patna, just before the NEET exam.
