NEET controversy: Bihar aspirant admits he received question paper a day before exam
NEET students stage protests against the NTA
NEET controversy:The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) controversy took a new turn Thursday (Jun 20) after reports emerged that an aspirant from the eastern Indian state of Bihar has admitted to having received question papers a day before the examination was conducted. This comes after four individuals—Anurag Yadav,Sikandar Yadavendu (aspirants),Nitish Kumar andAmit Anand (accused of leaking paper)—were arrested by Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit last week in connection with the case.
Yadav, a 22-year-old aspirant, admitted before the police that he got the question paper a day before and was told to memorise it. He confirmed that the question paper that was leaked a day before was genuine, directly disputing a union minister's claim.
India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan last week rejected the allegations of rigging and instead blamed the opposition for spreading lies.
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Massive revelation by candidates
Anurag Yadav gave a detailed statement to the police in which he wrote, "I was made to read and memorise it at night. When I went for the exam, I found the same questions which I had memorised correctly. After the exam, the police came and caught me, and I confessed my crime."
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Meanwhile, Sikandar Yadavendu claimed that Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand boasted before him that they could leak any question paper of any competitive exam in the country and it would cost INR 30-32 lakh ($38,000) for any NEET aspirant to clear the exam.
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"I agreed and told them I have four boys (who need help in passing the exam). On June 4 night, I took them with me and Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand gave them the question paper. Out of greed, I had also asked them for ₹ 40 lakh each instead of ₹ 30 lakh," Yadavendu told the cops.
He also said that he was arrested the next day during a vehicle check with the admit cards of all four students.
The central government has now demanded a detailed report on the aspirant's confession from Bihar police.
Supreme Court stays proceedings in 3 high courts
NEET aspirants have approached India's apex court to seek justice and make the National Testing Agency and the central government come clean. On Thursday (Jun 20), the Supreme Court stayed the ongoing proceedings related to the NEET controversy in three high courts as it listed the matter for hearing on July 8.
Earlier on June 18, the court said that even if there was "0.001 per cent negligence" on the part of anyone in the conduct of the examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with.
The NTA conducts all India pre-medical entrance tests.
(With inputs from agencies)