Bihar, India

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday (June 20) claimed that the prime accused who was arrested in the alleged NEET paper leak case was connected to the officials close to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav. 

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Sinha while addressing a press conference stated that the official was constantly in touch with Sikander Prasad Yadvendu, the prime accused arrested by the police. He also demanded a probe into the matter.

“The official associated with Yadav used to arrange ated byccommodation for Sikandar at guest houses in Patna and other places. I have details of messages which the official had sent to the persons concerned for arranging accommodation for Sikandar,” the deputy chief minister said.

He said he had the number from where the messages were sent.

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"It needs to be thoroughly probed. Why is the RJD leader (Tejashwi Prasad) maintaining a stoic silence on this?" Sinha questioned.

He said that certain reports were suggesting that the accused was also in touch with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad when he was in judicial custody in Ranchi.

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Bihar aspirant admits he received question paper a day before exam

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 had 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 and Amit 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.

(With inputs from agencies)