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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Rajasthan police had earlier arrested a gang involved in leaking this year’s NEET question paper. Now, a man alleged to be the kingpin of the racket was arrested yesterday from New Delhi.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Rajasthan police had earlier arrested a gang involved in leaking this year’s NEET question paper. Now, a man alleged to be the kingpin of the racket has been arrested yesterday from New Delhi.
The National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on May 7.
As per reports, a total of 11,38,890 students registered for this examination including 1522 NRIs, 480 OCIs, 70 PIOs and 613 Foreigners. It was conducted in 10 languages, at 1921 exam centres in 103 cities.
Gupta, a habitual offender
Uma Shankar Gupta (42) was arrested from his Jasola Vihar residence in Delhi, the police said, adding that it was the sixth arrest in the case so far.
“Gupta, a habitual offender, had earlier duped several people in the name of providing question paper of the medical entrance examination. He is based in Delhi and had established links in other states to operate his gang. He was earlier arrested in 2006, in Shimla and in 2015, in Telangana, in connection with examination paper leak case,” ATS SOG Inspector General of police, Umesh Mishra said, adding that the accused would brought to Jaipur and produced before a court.
(Read: NEET Paper Leak 2017: Arrests made, Rs 5 lakh charged from each candidate)
Gupta owns a firm in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, through which he allegedly ran the gang that leaked question papers of the medical examination paper and helped people grab a seat in medical colleges across the country.
“His role in the impersonation racket is being investigated,” Mishra said.
Rs 5 lakh charged from each student
The accused had promised 10 students taking the exam to provide leaked question papers to them in lieu of money. They were about to take Rs 5 lakh from each student for the purpose.
Sinha had offices in Rajasthan and Bihar to lure the candidates, while Ashok Gupta is a close friend and a partner of the kingpin of the racket, Uma Shankar. Bhupendra Sharma is a livestock assistant in Rajasthan animal husbandry department.
