NEET-UG row: Tech savvy handlers run nataion-wide exam rackets
NEET-UG paper leak have found out how “handlers” operate in a tech savvy, shady realm of a nationwide exam racket, rooted in Bihar and Jharkhand.
«The nine handlers arrested in the NEET-UG case so far six in Jharkhand and three in Bihar — are tech-savvy individuals who played a crucial role in orchestrating the leak of question papers, training examinees who paid for these to memorise the answers, and even escorting them to their respective centres,» a senior police officer said to TOI.
The six arrested in Jharkhand were masquerading as labourers and were residing in a rented accommodation. The aim was to make sure the leaked papers reached the target while maintaining high secrecy and anonymity.
Once a particular exam got over, they would get to work on identifying the chinks in the system for the next one,” said the officer.
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These handlers would have a pretext and contact coaching centres, schools and colleges to expand their network. They would bribe individuals associated with the exam process to seek information.
Based on a tip-off, Bihar police raided on a safe house on May 5 and found evidence of these handlers gathering about 30 candidates to meet at Ramkrishna Nagar on Patna’s outskirts on the eve of the examination.
«The examinees were there through the night to memorise answers to the leaked question papers. The handlers then transported them to their exam centres in
