NEET-UG case: CBI arrests RIMS MBBS student who 'solved' papers
CBI Friday arrested a first-year MBBS student of Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for allegedly being part of a 'solver module' working with an engineer who had stolen the NEET-UG question papers, officials said. Surabhi Kumari was taken into custody after two days of detailed questioning by the CBI, the officials said.
It is alleged that Kumari was the fifth member of the 'solver module' which was present in Hazaribagh in the morning of May 5, the NEET-UG examination day, to solve the paper stolen by Pankaj Kumar, they said.
Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), who allegedly stole the NEET-UG paper from the NTA trunk in Hazaribagh.
The CBI has so far arrested 16 persons in connection with the NEET-UG cases taken over by it.
The RIMS, an autonomous institute under the Jharkhand government, was approached by the CBI earlier this week for questioning.
«The CBI team contacted the hospital management on Wednesday saying they wanted to question her in connection with the NEET paper leak. The management extended full cooperation to the team. On Thursday too, they grilled her and said she will be questioned further,» RIMS PRO Rajiv Ranjan told PTI earlier in the day.
The official said the parents of the student had contacted the management and were briefed about the situation.
On Thursday, the CBI had arrested four MBBS students of AIIMS Patna, all members of the solver module, in connection with the NEET-UG
