Crime
‘Munna Bhai MBBS’ style: Seats sold for Rs 20 lakh in NEET exam, says report
New Delhi: A multi-state racket offering “confirmed” seats in medical courses have been detected with the arrest of eight people by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday.
The cheating operation- spread across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana- worked in the way shown in the Bollywood blockbuster “Munnabhai MBBS”. Expert paper solvers impersonated students and wrote answer sheets in exchange of huge sums.
Each seat cost Rs 20 lakh, of which 5 lakh was given to the person who impersonated the student and solves the NEET (the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) question paper, NDTV reported quoting sources from CBI. The rest is shared by the middlemen and others.
On Monday, the agency made the arrests from Delhi- six of the eight solved NEET papers, the report said quoting sources.
The mastermind is one Sushil Ranjan from Safdarjung, who deputed “paper solvers” and accepted payments. Eleven people were named in the case and the hunt is on for the rest.
To broaden the scope of the investigation, the agency will now speak to candidates. The role of coaching institutions in this will also come under the scanner, officials were quoted as saying by the report.
To stop cheating, the authorities have tightened security checks for NEET, where wallets, handbags, belts, caps, jewellery, shoes and heels are banned in the exam hall. Candidates are also not allowed to carry any stationery.
But this racket managed to tweak NEET ID cards using morphed photographs so paper solvers could gain entrance in the exam hall. The accused also collected user IDs and passwords of the candidates and made necessary changes to get to the desired examination centres.
The NEET undergraduate exam – held on July 17 – is meant for admission to medical and dental courses. It is also the gateway for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathic medicine and nursing courses.
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