NEET solvers’ gang: Aspirant’s father held for being in contact with gang

Times News Network

Varanasi: The commissionerate police, on Wednesday, arrested one Tapan Saha-father of one of the aspirants from Agartala in Tripura- for seeking help of the solvers’ gang busted here on September 12.

The commissioner of police A Satish Ganesh said that Saha confessed that he had been in contact of the gang for arranging an impersonator to get his ward qualify for admission in medical course. Saha was produced before the court and later sent to jail.

Saha had been in contact with the gang through a key member Mrityunjaya Debnath, who is absconding. The CP said that apart from Debnath one Dr Afroj of Lucknow and the kingpin of gang Pravin Kumar alias PK alias Neelesh are also absconding. Police had announced a cash rewards of Rs 20,000 on Dr Afroj and Debnath, each on Tuesday.

Police investigation revealed that 25 aspirants were in contact of this gang of which 16 had appeared in NEET at different centres while nine skipped. The National Testing Agency withheld the results of 15 aspirants while Biswas was banned for 2 years from appearing in the exam. All these 16 candidates had been summoned by police for recording their statements and to take their fingerprints. The CP said that some of those candidates had appeared before the investigation team and their statement are being recorded with videography.

The solvers’ gang was busted by the police with the arrest of Juli Kumari and her mother Babita Devi of Patna on September 12 from a NEET exam centre at St Francis Xavier School in Sona Talab area under the limits of Sarnath police station. With the progress in investigation a medico of KGMU Osama Shahid, Abhay Kumar Mehta, Vikas Kumar Mahto of Khagadia and Raju Kumar of Jahanabad in Bihar had been arrested. But, the kingpin PK and some other accused are still absconding.