The Names Behind The NEET Paper Leak – The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (undergraduate) allegedly compromised, implicating the principal and vice-principal of a Jharkhand school just before the exam. On June 29, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a journalist from Hazaribagh, reportedly for aiding the accused. Earlier, the CBI apprehended five members of a “solver gang” based in Nalanda, Bihar.
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Here’s what we currently know about those involved in the case:.
Sanjeev Mukhiy
Sanjeev Kumar, a resident of Nalanda, leads the “solver gang”. Across multiple states, including Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat, according to police reports. He filed a planned bail plea in a Patna court on June 4. But remains absconding, suspected to have fled to Nepal. Sanjeev, also known as ‘Sanjeev Mukhiya’ due to his wife Mamata Devi’s association. As the mukhiya of Bhuthakhar panchayat in Nalanda from 2016 to 2021. He has maintained a link with the Janata Dal (United) for nearly a decade Accusations point to his involvement in leaking various examination papers, including the NEET-UG case in Patna
Baldev Kumar
The EOU believes that Baldev Kumar, also known as Chintu and a resident of Bihar Sharif, is a key link to Sanjeev Kumar. Investigators suspect that on the evening of May 4. Just before the NEET-UG exam, Baldev received a PDF of the solved paper on his mobile phone. They believe that someone sent this PDF to a telephone number His friends used fake documents to secure a SIM card.
Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand
Baldev is tasked with delivering the PDF to two Patna-based agents, Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand. Nitish and Amit allegedly made photocopies of the PDF and distributed it to examinees. Learn Boys and Play School, a play school-cum-hostel rented by the gang in Patna’s Khemnichak area. Nitish and Amit were apprehended from Deoghar on June 22.
Manish Prakash and Ashutosh Kumar
The police arrested Patna residents Manish Prakash and Ashutosh Kumar. By the CBI on June 27 marking the agency’s initial arrests in the Bihar case. For leasing the play school-cum-hostel to the examinees. On May 5, the Patna Police apprehended 11 individuals, including two other middlemen, Roshan Kumar and Awadhesh Kumar. Both residents of Patna and close associates of middleman Amit. Four examinees and their parents were among those in custody. Sikander Yadavendu from Patna supposedly introduced the four examinees to middlemen Nitish and Amit. He set up the links for the examinees to lodge at the Khemnichak school Where they received the solved PDF late on May 4.
Mukesh Kumar
Mukesh Kumar, hailing from Muraura village in Bihar Sharif, stands accused of transporting four of the suspects in his car between various locations. Patna’s Agam Kuan, where many other suspects also lived. He was apprehended from Deoghar on June 22.
Panku Kumar, Paramjit Singh and Rajiv Kumar
Panku Kumar, Paramjit Singh (alias BiBittu), and Karu (also known as Rajiv Kumar, residing in the Nalanda district), face charges of providing fake SIM cards to the gang members to facilitate the paper leak On June 22, the EOU filed charges against them in a distinct cybercrime case.
Earlier this year, the trio had faced implications in another instance of a paper leak.
Ehsanul Haque and Imtiaz Alam
On June 28, the CBI arrested Ehsanul Haque, the principal of Oasis School in Jharkhand, and his vice principal, Imtiaz Alam. Additionally, the National Testing Agency (NTA) appointed Imtiaz Alam as the Hazaribagh district coordinator for NEET-UG Investigators suspect that the leak originated from their school.
Mohd Jamaludin
The CBI detained Mohd Jamaludin, a journalist from Hazaribagh, on June 29, accusing him of aiding the vice-principal and principal of Oasis School in Jharkhand. The CBI apprehended Jamaludin, who works for a prominent Hindi newspaper, after obtaining critical technical evidence against him.
Purshottam Sharma
Purshottam Sharma, the principal of Jay Jalaram School in Godhra, Gujarat, was arrested on May 21. He acted as the exam superintendent for the May 5 NEET test conducted at the school. Charges allege that he planned to help several applicants cheat with assistance from another school instructor. They filled in the blanks on the OMR papers before the sheets were sealed.
Tushar Bhatt
On May 12, authorities arrested geography teacher Tushar Bhatt, accusing him of colluding with Purshottam to manipulate OMR sheets submitted by students after the exam. Tushar is also alleged to have coordinated with two others to compile a final list of students with whom they had made agreements.
The inspection squad of the DEO intercepted him on the examination day, May 5, and found him in possession of two mobile phones containing WhatsApp chats detailing the ‘final list’ of 16 out of 30 candidates involved in the cheating scheme
Arif Vohra
Names Behind The NEET Paper Leak: Authorities arrested Arif Vohra, a former martial arts teacher at the school and acquaintance of Tushar, on May 12.
Hailing from Godhra, Arif maintained contact with NEET-UG aspirants based in Gujarat, some of whom are currently under CBI scrutiny. Arif stands accused of providing Rs 7 lakh to Tushar, an amount seized during the raid on May 5, 2024.
Parshuram Roy
Parshuram Roy, the owner of Vadodara-based education immigration company Roy Overseas, reportedly knew Tushar. They were allegedly in communication to finalize the list of students from outside Gujarat who had selected the school as their NEET center.
Parshuram stands accused of advising students from Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka, and other states to select Godhra as their center, citing Tushar’s influence in potentially tampering with OMR answer sheets before sealing. Authorities arrested Parshuram along with 18 others in connection with the leak of the 2023 Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board junior clerk exam paper.
Vibhor Anand Umeshwar Prasad Singh
The education consultant Vibhor Anand Umeshwar Prasad Singh was taken into custody on May 20. He closely collaborated with Parshuram and faced accusations of contacting him. The parents of NEET-UG aspirants in Jharkhand and Odisha to finalize arrangementsVibhor was part of a network of education agents who directed students to ‘appropriate’ agents for immigration-related services. His involvement has also raised questions about the names behind the NEET paper leak.
