NEET UG 2023: The suspects were all taken into custody by Delhi Police (File Photo)
These arrested students reportedly took Rs 7 lakh from NEET aspirants who then mask their identities and appear for the medical entrance exam
Delhi Police have arrested 4 medical students from AIIMS on charges of duping tests for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2023. These arrested students are said to have taken Rs 7 lakh from NEET aspirants who then lost their identities mask and appeared for the medical entrance exam. According to the police, the arrested students took the medical entrance exam in lieu of money from aspirants.
The head of the gang was Naresh Bishroi, a second year medical student from AIIMS. In a report from Outlook, Naresh offered money to the students of the institution to join his gang. He reportedly asked the first-year medical students to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for his clients, who then paid Naresh Bishroi a sum of Rs 7 lakh.
Sanju Yadav, Mahavir, Jitendra and Naresh Bishroi were all taken into custody by the Delhi Police. According to reports, Sanju Yadav, a first-year Radiology student at AIIMS Delhi, was caught taking an entrance exam for a client. According to reports, AIIMS Delhi students Mahavir and Jitendra were detained in Nagpur. Police have also confiscated their phones and laptops to investigate the crime.
In the course of the investigation, Bishroi allegedly admitted to obtaining Rs 7 lakh from the examiners for fabrications. Police are still conducting an investigation to see if any more students are linked to this scam. Fraudulent activities during the NEET are not new. The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) also erupted in a similar uproar last year. Eight individuals were booked in the NEET 2022 racket.
According to the investigation, NEET 2022 Racket was found to be an inter-state scandal with suspected links in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra. As informed by the agency, these exam solvers asked customers to share their credentials and passwords with them to download their admission cards. These exam solvers changed the admission cards of NEET aspirants. The photo of the person taking the exam instead of the student would have their photo imposed on them instead of the student’s.
According to their plan, when the pusher reached the exam hall, the staff would only check their admission card and match with the person’s face and therefore they would easily enter the exam hall. To secure a seat in medical colleges or to get enough grades in NEET, the gang members would demand at least Rs 20 lakh. Of this, about Rs 4-5 lakh would be given to medical college students or experts from coaching institutes who would disguise as a student and write the exam, the inquiry revealed.
