JAIPUR: Police have arrested eight persons in connection with an incident related to question paper leak of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), 2021.
As per reports, the examination began at 2pm on Sunday afternoon and the question paper was leaked through Whatsapp half an hour later at 2:30pm. The question paper was leaked from the NEET 2021 examination at the Rajasthan Institute of Engineering and Technology in Jaipur. A candidate Dineshwari Kumari, who had appeared for the test on Sunday, was arrested. Apart from that, seven other persons including the in-charge of the examination centre's administration wing and an uncle of Dineshwari have been arrested.
According to police, the question paper leak's deal was finalised at Rs. 35 lakh.
Earlier this month, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at 20 locations in the country in connection with a case of alleged irregularities by a private institution in the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) 2021. As per a news agency's report, Affinity Education Private Limited and its directors has been booked by the investigating agency regarding the matter. The places where the raids were conducted include Delhi-NCR, Pune and Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. A case has been registered on September 1 against the private company, its directors, three employees and a few others.
The JEE (Mains)'s fourth session ended on September 2. Earlier, the examination was scheduled to be held from July 27 to August 2, but it was later postponed to August 26 to September 2 to provide the candidates a gap of four weeks between the examination's two sessions. As per available information, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had on July 15 said the National Testing Agency (NTA) was advised to give a gap of four weeks between the third and fourth session of the JEE (Main) examination. The decision of giving the gap was taken considering the demand from students for the same. Accordingly, the JEE (Mains) 2021 has been scheduled on August 26, 27 and 31 and on September 1 and 2, the education minister had said in July.
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