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Did the Bihar Police already crack the NEET case?

Its investigation clearly established irregularities in the conduct of NEET, and, more importantly, tracked the origin of the leak to a Jharkhand school.

Updated on: Jun 27, 2024 07:49 AM IST
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It was Sunday, the morning of May 5; a day when 2.4 million students thronged examination halls across the country to sit for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG, a national examination for admission to medical programmes. The Patna division of the Bihar Police received a phone call from colleagues in Jharkhand with a tip-off. There was a car moving around in the city, they were told, and they suspected that there was something amiss—its occupants were

A CBI team exits the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) office in Patna in NEET paper leak case, on Tuesday,25, 2024. (Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
A CBI team exits the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) office in Patna in NEET paper leak case, on Tuesday,25, 2024. (Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
 
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Avinash, a senior correspondent, reports on crime, railways, defence and social sector, with specialisation in police, home department and other investigation agencies.

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