NEET 2025 score manipulation racket busted! CBI arrests two for cheating aspirants
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Maharashtra: For allegedly deceiving NEET 2025 aspirants and their families by claiming they could manipulate scores, and charging Rs 90 lakh per candidate, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has nabbed 2 individuals.
Speaking to PTI, officials informed, "The CBI arrested two men from Maharashtra for allegedly deceiving NEET UG 2025 aspirants and their families by claiming they could manipulate scores, and charging Rs 90 lakh per candidate."
Sandeep Shah and Salim Patel, residents of Solapur and Navi Mumbai, respectively, allegedly hoodwinked candidates by posing as middlemen with access to non-existent officials of the National Testing Agency (NTA).
They allegedly demanded up to Rs 90 lakh per candidate, later reducing the amount to Rs 87.5 lakh during negotiations for ensuring ranks in the merit, the police said.
Mr. Shah allegedly held clandestine meetings with anxious parents at the upscale ITC Grand Central hotel in Mumbai's Parel locality.
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