NEET-UG Paper Leak: CBI Detains 3 Doctors From AIIMS Patna Ahead of SC Hearing Today

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday detained 3 doctors from AIIMS Patna in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak scam ahead of a Supreme Court hearing.

These doctors, who belong to the 2021 batch, have been taken into custody for questioning. The CBI has sealed their rooms and confiscated their laptops and mobile phones as part of the investigation.

The detention of these doctors follows the arrest of two individuals, Pankaj Kumar and Raju Singh, accused of stealing the question paper for the medical entrance test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Kumar, reportedly involved in a paper leak mafia, allegedly orchestrated the theft of NEET-UG question papers with Singh's assistance. Pankaj Kumar was arrested in Patna, Bihar, while Raju Singh was apprehended in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

Earlier this month, CBI had arrested a NEET candidate and his father from Patna. NEET-UG aspirant Sunny who hails from Nalanda and father of another candidate Ranjit Kumar who is from Gaya have been arrested.

The agency earlier arrested the principal and vice principal of Hazaribagh-based Oasis school in the case and two persons who allegedly provided safe premises to NEET candidates where burnt question papers were recovered by the Bihar Police.

A special court in Patna has remanded Pankaj Kumar to 14 days of CBI custody and Raju Singh to 10 days. The CBI has so far arrested nine individuals in connection with the NEET paper leak case and holds custody of 13 other accused, including the alleged kingpin, Rocky alias Rakesh Ranjan, from Bihar.