New Delhi, June 24
In the ongoing crackdown on the NEET paper leak, the Maharashtra Police arrested four people, including two teachers.
The Nanded Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav and Jalil Umarkhan Pathan from Latur, Iranna Mashnaji Kongalwar of Dharashiv district and a Delhi resident identified as Gangadhar, who is believed to be the mastermind of the leak.
The four arrests were made under sections of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 introduced by the Centre last week.
The ATS received information that Jadhav and Pathan were involved in such activities and raided their residences. The investigation revealed suspicious messages related to exam hall tickets and financial transactions on their phones. Jadhav passed on the hall ticket details to Kongalwar, who then forwarded them to Gangadhar in Delhi.
The NEET-UG exam has seen students protest over allegations of a question paper leak and grace marks awarded to over 1,500 students. The grace marks were later scrapped and the affected students were offered a re-test.
The CBI took over the probe and filed an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in NEET-UG on a reference from the Union education ministry.
