New Delhi, August 2
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its first chargesheet against 13 accused in NEET paper scam.
The CBI has identified the accused as Nitish Kumar, Amit Anand, Sikander Yadvendu, Ashutosh Kumar-1, Roshan Kumar, Manish Prakash, Ashutosh Kumar-2, Akhilesh Kumar, Avdesh Kumar, Anurag Yadav, Abhishek Kumar, Shivnandan Kumar and Ayush Raj.
The chargesheet has booked the accused under 120-B, 201, 409, 380, 411, 420 and 109 IPC and substantive offences. The case was initially registered at Shastri Nagar Police Station, Patna in May this year and later transferred to CBI in June this year. Several other accused are already in police/ judicial custody.
The CBI has utilized advanced Forensic Techniques, Artificial Intelligence Technology, CCTV footages, Tower location analysis, etc. to gather evidence against the accused, officials said.
The CBI has, so far, arrested 40 accused in this case including 15 arrested by Bihar Police and conducted searches at 58 locations.
The agency is further conducting investigation against other accused and on other aspects of the case.