ED attaches Rs 10 lakh FD of accused in NEET paper leak case
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a nearly ₹10 lakh fixed deposit of an accused in the alleged leak of medical entrance exam question paper, people in the know said. The agency had launched a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based on an FIR registered by CBI. It had issued summons to some of the accused.
After conducting a preliminary investigation and identifying the alleged proceeds of crime, it attached the fixed deposit of one of the accused, the people said. The probe is continuing, and the agency is likely to attach the assets of more co-accused in the near future, they said.
Last month, the Supreme Court, refusing to order a retest of the NEET-undergraduate examination, told the National Testing Agency that it «cannot afford to misstep, take an incorrect decision and amend it at a later stage». Instead, it should maintain the «highest standards of security and reliability» in conducting important competitive examinations, the top court told the testing agency that conducts the NEET and several other competitive exams.
Until last month, CBI had arrested 40 people, including 15 initially held by Bihar Police, and conducted searches at 58 locations. In August, it filed the first charge sheet against 13 people in the case. They are accused of criminal conspiracy and cheating among other charges.
The police had initially registered a case of alleged paper leak on May 5. The CBI took over the probe on June 23.
CBI in a press release on August 1 said it was continuing investigation
