NEET Paper Leak Uncovered:

A stunning confession has surfaced in the NEET undergraduate medical entrance exam leakage fiasco. The 'safe house', where several test-takers were harbored and drilled with question papers on the eve of the NEET UG (May 4, 2024), has been rented under the name of a man named Ashutosh. Speaking to Aaj Tak, Ashutosh disclosed the details of the events that unfolded on May 4th and 5th.

May 4th night brought 5-7 candidates, by morning there were over 15

Ashutosh revealed that a day before the NEET exam, his friend brought 5-7 young men to his place, and by the morning of May 5th, more than 15 candidates were present in his room. While speaking to Aaj Tak, he said, 'Manish (Ashutosh's friend) told me there were some acquaintances who have the NEET exam tomorrow, let them stay overnight... I said they can stay but talk to Prabhat Bhaiya once. He didn't speak to Prabhat Bhaiya.'

Ashutosh continued, 'At about 11 pm my friend Manish came with 5-7 boys. When I woke up on the 5th of May, I saw that there were more than 15 candidates in the room. By 10 in the morning of the 5th, everyone was still in the room. Manish had a photocopy of some paper. He distributed the printouts of the paper to all the candidates. Then Manish took everyone to the back room, and that's when the activities began.'

On the day of the exam, Ashutosh went to Jamshedpur

Ashutosh further confessed, 'By 12 pm on May 5th (the NEET UG exam started at 2 pm by the National Testing Agency (NTA)), all the candidates had left. I was sitting in the front room, and on the 5th itself, I went to Jamshedpur, only to find out that the police had raided my room. After hearing about the raid, I turned off my mobile phone. I contacted the administration through my wife's phone. I informed Bhaiya that I made a mistake. On May 4th, some boys had come to his place and again on May 5th. Later, everyone left – my mistake was that Manish brought the boys, and I allowed them to stay.'

'Safe house' rental details revealed

Earlier, rental documents for the 'safe house' (learn boys play school) surfaced. According to the rental agreement, Renu Kumar and her husband Prabhat Kumar had rented out their building to Ashutosh Kumar for maintenance and accommodation purposes. The rent was 5000 rupees per month.

Source: aajtak

EOU Investigation Unveils 'Safe House'

During an investigation by Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit (EOU), evidence emerged of a 'safe house' near Patna where nine candidates, along with four others from Bihar, received copies of the exam questions and answers the day before the arranged test on May 5th. These individuals have been apprehended by the EOU.

Burnt papers found at the 'safe house'

Manavjeet Singh Dhillon, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the EOU, stated that evidence of financial transactions in exchange for cramming NEET question papers and answers were also discovered. During the probe, six post-dated checks were recovered. EOU officials found partially burnt question papers at the 'safe house'.

NEET paper sold for over 30 lakh rupees

During interrogation, the candidates disclosed that their parents paid the orchestrators over 30 lakh rupees per candidate for making the question papers available before the exam.

It should be mentioned that the NEET-UG exam, organized by the National Testing Agency (NTA), was held across 571 cities in 4,750 centers for over 24 lakh candidates.