Four AIIMS Medical Students Arrested For Running NEET Exam Racket

He impersonated a candidate named Aman Kumar to appear for the examination. However, the planned failed and one of the invigilators had informed the National Testing Agency (NTA) about the incident. Later, the agency approached the police and an preliminary investigation was conducted.

According to a media report in TOI, Yadav told the investigators that for taking the exam, Rs 6 lakh was offered to him. The gang edited the photograph of Kumar on his Aadhaar card and pasted Yadav's photograph on Kumar's admit card.

During questioning, Yadav revealed that Naresh Bishnoi, a second-year student at the college, coaxed him to appear in the medical entrance exam impersonating a candidate in exchange for a huge sum of money, the official said.

According to the police, Bishnoi allegedly took around Rs 7 lakh per candidate. He has been arrested, the police said.

Police have so far arrested accused Sanju Yadav, Mahavir, Jitendra and Bishnoi. Yadav is a first-year student of Radiology at AIIMS and rest of them are also students of AIIMS who were writing the exam on behalf of their clients. Police officers said that their phones and laptops have been seized and probe is ongoing to see if other students are also involved, reportsIndian Express.

While investigating the case, the police discovered the gang which operated in line with the direction of Bishnoi. However, they could not continue their illegal activities for long since the police identified their modus operandi soon.

"We seized Yadav's phone and found WhatsApp chats between him and Vashnoi, and a soft copy of Kumar's admit card," a police source said.

Further investigation in the case is underway.

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