Mumbai : A cheating racket similar to the one shown in the movie Munna Bhai MBBS has been uncovered in Bihar’s Lakhisarai during the NEET-UG retest. Police said a gang arranged for “solvers” — people hired to take exams for others — to appear in the medical entrance test on behalf of actual candidates.
The gang was busted as more than 20 lakh medical aspirants took the NEET (UG) retest on Sunday after the original examination was scrapped following the paper leak controversy. Police suspect medical student Arpit Raj, a student of ANM Medical College and Hospital, Gaya, to be one of the masterminds behind the alleged network. Another medical student, Mayank Kashyap, a third-year MBBS student at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) was also arrested in connection with the case.
He was the first person caught during the investigation, following which police launched raids at KRK Higher Secondary School and Kendriya Vidyalaya in Lakhisarai. During these raids, seven candidates and several other people linked to the alleged operation were arrested. Investigators suspect the gang had planned to manipulate the exam process by using insiders and replacing candidates with trained solvers.
Banaras Hindu University nursing student Poonam Kumari was allegedly caught appearing in the exam by posing as another candidate. AIIMS Rae Bareli student Saurabh Jha was also arrested. An intern at Shahdara Medical College in Delhi, Aman Agarwal, was among those caught, while Nalanda Medical College and Hospital nursing student Sanjeet and his brother were also arrested.
The investigation has raised questions over how medical students allegedly managed to participate despite restrictions imposed by their institutions during the NEET exam period. Medical colleges had instructed students not to leave their campuses during the examination. Institutions, including PMCH, had organised seminars and quizzes as part of monitoring measures.
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