NEW DELHI, JULY 11 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested the alleged kingpin of the Bihar NEET-UG case from Patna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his arrest, the probe agency conducted searches at various locations connected to him in Patna and Kolkata, which led to the recovery of several incriminating documents, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a local court has granted 10-day custody of the main accused to the CBI for interrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to sources, Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky, used to run a hotel in Jharkhand’s Ranchi. It was Rocky who got the NEET-UG question paper leaked and then sent it to one Chintu, who further circulated and printed the papers with answers to the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rocky had also arranged solvers for the NEET-UG exams after the question papers were leaked. Several MBBS students from Patna and Ranchi were hired as solvers by Rocky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest of the main accused comes two days after the probe agency nabbed two more people, including a candidate, from Patna in connection with the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A NEET-UG aspirant, Sunny who hails from Nalanda and father of another candidate, Ranjit Kumar, who is from Gaya, have been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to officials, the CBI has so far arrested nine persons in Bihar NEET-UG paper leak case and one each in connection with alleged manipulation in Gujarat’s Latur and Godhra, and one from Dehradun in connection with general conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CBI took over the investigation following a nationwide outburst by students over alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam. As part of this probe, the CBI has registered six FIRs in the case so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One FIR from Bihar involves paper leaks, while the other FIRs from Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra are related to cases of impersonation and cheating during the exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rocky is the ninth person to be arrested by the CBI in Bihar in the NEET-UG paper leak case. Several arrests have also been made in other states, including Gujarat and Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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