UP: NEET solvers gang's kingpin arrested in Varanasi

VARANASI: The police on Thursday arrested Pravin Kumar alias PK alias Neeleh, the Patna-based mastermind of the solvers’ gang busted during NEET (UG)-2021 here on September 12. They also nabbed his close aide Ritesh.
Their arrest took place few hours after the announcement of a cash reward of Rs one lakh on PK, against whom local court had issued non-bailable warrant.
Commissioner of police A Satish Ganesh said that PK and Ritesh were arrested from ring-road under the limits of Sarnath police station area. Ritesh, a clerk in culture and youth affairs department and posted at secretariat of Bihar government in Patna, is married to PK’s sister Priya, who is a doctors at a PHC in Chhapra and her involvement in this solvers’ gang has also come to light in the on-going investigation of police, said CP.
With the progress in investigation a medico of KGMU Osama Shahid, Abhay Kumar Mehta, Vikas Kumar Mahto of Khagadia, Raju Kumar of Jahanabad in Bihar and father of an aspirant Tapan Saha from Tripura had already been arrested so far .These arrests were started after 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.
The National Testing Agency withheld the results of 15 aspirants while Biswas was banned for 2 years from appearing in exam for being connected with this gang.