The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now started investigating the role of a government official associated with the National Testing Agency (NTA). This investigation by CBI has revealed that the original paper was leaked several days before the examination and a very large and vicious network was working behind it. After this revelation, there has been a huge stir between the education department and 23 lakh students.
CBI has told the court that the accused arrested in this case had hatched a deep conspiracy with an NTA official. Accused Manisha Sanjay Waghmare, who was arrested on May 14, and Chemistry lecturer PV Kulkarni, who was arrested on May 15, have revealed many big secrets during interrogation. According to the investigating agency, Manisha Waghmare had received the exam question papers and their answers on April 27 itself. After this he sold these questions to Dhananjay Lokhande and other accused arrested from Ahmednagar for lakhs of rupees.
What game did Biology lecturer Manisha Mandhare play in the paper leak?
In this case, CBI has also arrested Biology lecturer Manisha Mandhare on Saturday. Manisha Mandhare was a part of the special committee of NTA which prepares the NEET paper. According to the CBI, Mandhare had full access to the question papers of Botany and Zoology. He had organized special coaching classes for children at his home in Pune in the last week of April. In this class, he made the children memorize leaked questions and their answers by charging a fee of lakhs of rupees. Investigation found that all these questions had appeared exactly the same in the real examination held on May 3.
How did the chemistry experts memorize the questions and erase the evidence?
Like Manisha Mandhare, Latur based chemistry expert PV Kulkarni also misused his position. Kulkarni has been a part of the panel that sets the NEET paper for many years. CBI says that Kulkarni had also called students at his home in the last week of April and got them to write the paper questions and their answers. Fearing that they would be caught, Kulkarni and Manisha Waghmare had completely destroyed all the handwritten question pages after the examination ended on May 3 so that no evidence was left.
What action did NTA take after the cancellation of NEET exam?
This NEET examination was conducted on May 3 in 551 cities and 14 foreign centers across the country. About 23 lakh candidates had participated in this big examination. According to the National Testing Agency (NTA), on the evening of May 7, four days after the examination, they had received secret information about paper leak and rigging. Soon after, the next morning, NTA handed over the matter to central agencies for independent investigation. After the truth of rigging came to light, this examination has been completely canceled and CBI teams are rapidly investigating the matter.