Lagatar24 Desk
Patna: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken into custody four MBBS students from AIIMS Patna in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case. The detained individuals, identified as third-year students Chandan Singh, Rahul Anant, and Kumar Shanu, along with first-year student Karan Jain, were apprehended from their hostel on Wednesday, leading to the sealing of their rooms.
AIIMS Patna Director GK Pal confirmed the arrests, stating, “The CBI has taken away four students. Chandan Singh, Rahul Anant, and Kumar Shanu are third-year students and Karan Jain is a first-year student.” Dr. Pal explained that the CBI had provided photographs and mobile numbers of the students needed for the investigation, and the apprehensions were made in the presence of senior AIIMS Patna management.
Dr. Pal emphasized that no doctors had been arrested. “As per the information available, the CBI team has taken away four students. One of these students was not at the hostel and reported to them later. Going by the information we have received, a total of four students are with the CBI,” he said. He also assured that AIIMS Patna has been fully cooperative with the ongoing investigation.
The students involved hail from various regions, with Chandan Singh from Siwan, Kumar Shanu from Patna, Rahul Anand originally from Dhanbad but currently residing in Patna, and Karan Jain from Araria. Following the CBI’s directive, the rooms of the four students have been sealed.
This development follows the arrest of Pankaj Kumar, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, who is accused of stealing the NEET-UG paper from the NTA trunk in Hazaribagh. The CBI’s probe into the NEET paper leak in Bihar has led to the arrest of dozens of individuals, including exam aspirants.
The Supreme Court, currently addressing multiple petitions regarding the NEET controversy, has demanded proof from the petitioners that the paper leak in Bihar was systematic and compromised the integrity of the entire examination. The Centre and the National Testing Agency have argued that a re-examination would jeopardize the futures of many diligent students.
