Maharashtra ATS arrests teachers in NEET-UG paper leak case
The Hindu
Maharashtra ATS arrests teachers in NEET-UG paper leak case; SIT formed for thorough investigation.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has booked four persons, including two zilla parishad teachers, in connection with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) question paper leak case.
According to sources, three of them — teachers Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav and Jalil Umrakhan Pathan and another person, Iranna Kongalwar — were arrested on Sunday while the fourth accused, Gangadhar from Delhi, is said to be absconding.
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The Nanded branch of the ATS had detained both Mr. Jadhav and Mr. Pathan on Saturday and let them off after questioning. However, they were arrested on Sunday evening as evidence mounted against them.
Mr. Jadhav works at a zilla parishad school in Solapur while Mr. Pathan is a teacher in a zilla parishad school in Latur. Both ran private coaching classes in Latur district and have been accused of selling exam-related information to students in exchange of money.
A case was registered against the four accused at the Shivajinagar police station in Latur on Sunday night. An FIR has been lodged under Sections 3(v), 4 and 10 of The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 along with Sections 420 (cheating), 120 (b) (pertaining to criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been set up under Latur city sub-divisional police officer Bhagwat Funde to investigate the case and a thorough probe is under way, said officials.
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