CBI arrests 8 accused in a case related to mass rigging in the NEET UG 2022 examination conducted by NDA under Ministry of Education
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested eight accused including mastermind & solvers in a case related to mass rigging in the NEET UG-2022 examination conducted on 17.07.2022 (Sunday) by NTA under Ministry of Education (Govt of India) for the admission in MBBS/ BDS/ BAMS/ BSMS/ BUMS/ BHMS and other undergraduate medical courses.
A case was registered against 11 accused on the allegations related to mass rigging in the NEET UG – 2022 conducted on 17.07.2022 (Sunday) by NTA under the Ministry of Education, Government of India (Gol) for the admission in MBBS/ BDS/ BAMS/ BSMS/ BUMS/ BHMS & other undergraduate medical courses in approved/recognized Medical/ Dental/ AYUSH and other colleges/deemed Universities/Institutes (AIIMS & JIPMER) in India. It was further alleged that an accused (mastermind) resident of Gautamnagar, Delhi in conspiracy with others including some candidates were involved in arranging solvers to impersonate themselves as those candidates in the said examination at several examination centers of Delhi and Haryana. It was also alleged that the user IDs and passwords of the certain candidates appearing for the examination had been collected by the said persons & their associates and necessary modifications were made for getting desired examination centers as planned by them. They also allegedly used the process of mixing/morphing photographs to facilitate use of proxy candidates for appearing in the examination. Copies of Identity Cards of such candidates were being collected for the purpose of making forged ID cards.
During investigation of the case, the mastermind and solvers were caught from different examination centers & other place of Delhi and Haryana while appearing/impersonating as other candidate. Two solvers were caught from center at Sector-81, Faridabad ; another solver from examination center at a school in Havelock Square, New Delhi & the mastermind was also apprehended from outside the said school ; another solver from examination center at a school in Kundan Colony, Ballabhgarh (Haryana) ; another solver from examination center at a Senior Secondary School, Patparganj, New Delhi ; one solver from examination center at Govt. Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Shakurpur, New Delhi and another person who was caught from the hostel of Safdarjung Hospital did not appear in the examination, however, forged Aadhar card of the candidate & other incriminating documents were recovered from him.
All the arrested accused will be produced before the Competent Court at Delhi. Further investigation is continuing.
