NEET-UG paper leak case: CBI arrests key accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky

NEET-UG paper leak case: CBI arrests one of the key accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky said to be a relative and trusted gang members of Sanjeev Mukhiya, believed to be the kingpin in the case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the paper leak of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2024 on Thursday arrested one of the key accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky.

Earlier this week, the CBI had searched 15 locations in Bihar and Jharkhand in connection with the case.

Mr. Ranjan allegedly ran a racket involved in the of leaking exam papers. Sources in the CBI said that he was arrested from Jharkhand and was brought to Patna on Thursday. Mr. Ranjan was produced before a Special CBI Court of Patna where he was remanded in CBI custody for 10 days for questioning.

On June 30, the CBI team searched the house of Mr. Ranjan at his village Gagendra Bigha in Hilsa block of Nalanda district. The team had to break the lock of his house to conduct the search. It did so in the presence of two eye witnesses Gajendra Naresh and his wife Sarita Devi, both ward members.

The Hindu too had visited his village and met the ward members, however Rocky’s father Suresh Choudhary was not in the village and his house was locked.

After searching the house for nearly an hour, the agency had seized the xerox copy of some documents including HDFC bank cheque book, voter information and PAN card.

Sources said that Mr. Rocky had arranged MBBS students from Patna and Ranchi to solve the NEET paper after the leak and he is also one of the trusted gang members of Sanjeev Mukhiya, who is believed to be the kingpin in the case. He is also a relative of Mr. Mukhiya.