Thursday | May 22 2025 | 02:33:05 PM
New Delhi, May 5
The Bihar Police have busted a cheating network including a doctor posted at Begusarai district jail for allegedly forging NEET admit cards and facilitating proxy candidates for the medical entrance exam.
During the NEET 2025 exam scheduled on May 4 across various centers in the district, Samastipur police received a tip-off about a gang actively moving around Samastipur in a car, attempting to manipulate the examination process. The police promptly formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) which identified a vehicle with a Darbhanga registration number moving near NEET centres throughout the day.
The occupants identified themselves as Rambabu Mallik, a resident of Darbhanga, and Dr Ranjit Kumar, a native of Samastipur posted at Begusarai jail.
During interrogation, both men confessed to orchestrating a racket of impersonating candidates of NEET 2025, and their statements are being corroborated with technical evidence. Mallik’s was tasked to assist in admissions to a government college in Darbhanga, which gave him a thorough knowledge of the admission process in medical colleges. This helped in their illicit operations.
Their modus operandi involved replacing genuine candidates with “scholars” (proxy candidates) hired to take the exam.
The duo confessed to to charging hefty sums from the candidates, paying the proxy scholars between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 5 lakh per exam. They also confessed to forging photographs, identity cards, signatures and Aadhaar cards, swapping the details of genuine candidates with those of proxy candidates.
The police seized their mobile phones containing incriminating evidence. They found communication on WhatsApp, where admit cards, Aadhaar cards, signatures and photographs were being exchanged in groups and with potential accomplices.
The accused have been charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections dealing with cheating, cheating by personation, forgery of valuable security, will, etc, using forged documents or electronic records as genuine and criminal conspiracy.
The police have also seized the car used in the operation and Rs 50,000 cash, besides three mobile phones from their possession.
