Bihar NEET Proxy Racket: Arrested MBBS Doctor Family's MBBS Admissions Under Scanner

Samastipur: After the arrest of an MBBS doctor for arranging proxies to help aspirants crack the NEET UG 2025 exam, a local media investigation into the matter revealed that the doctor's family had links to top medical colleges. It is now suspected that the doctor may have used solvers to secure MBBS admissions for both his wife and brother-in-law.

Dr Ranjeet Kumar, who works as a jail doctor in Begusarai, was arrested recently for allegedly arranging a solver to sit in the NEET exam in place of a real candidate. Along with him, another person was arrested, who was the doctor's associate, Rambabu Mallik.

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Medical Dialogues recently reported that the Bihar police arrested two individuals, including an MBBS doctor posted at Begusarai jail, for allegedly running a racket in which they arranged proxy candidates who appeared for the national-level medical entrance exam on behalf of the original candidates by using fake admit cards.

The duo reportedly confessed to charging between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh per candidate to replace aspirants who weren't confident of clearing the MBBS entrance exam. These proxies would appear for the exam using fake admit cards. The accused admitted to facilitating such impersonations at various examination centres in Samastipur and other locations to help the aspirants score well and gain admission to medical colleges.

However, after his arrest, Dainik Bhaskar tried to gather more information about the doctor's family. His wife, Soni Kumari, is a third-year MBBS student at Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), and his brother-in-law is a medical student at AIIMS Delhi.

During the investigation, it was found that a man named Deepak, whose number was saved in the phone of Rambabu Mallik, is Dr. Ranjeet’s nephew. Deepak reportedly works at a clinic run by Ranjeet’s sister, Dr. Juhi Kumari, in Dalsinghsarai.

When Bhaskar’s team visited Soni’s parental home in Kasnaraini village, her parents said they had no idea where their daughter currently lives. They only mentioned that she studies in Darbhanga and lives in a rented house. When he was asked to let him talk to Soni, he gave Soni's mobile number. Despite calling several times, Soni did not receive the call.

When Bhaskar contacted DMCH Principal Dr Alka Jha, she said that she wasn’t aware of Soni’s connection to Dr. Ranjit until the media informed her.

Meanwhile, the Bihar Police are now preparing to take Dr. Ranjit and his associate Rambabu Mallik on remand for detailed interrogation. The police plan to question other family members too, including Soni Kumari, Dr. Juhi Kumari, and her husband, an orthopedist based in Patna.

A separate SIT has also been formed by the district police to investigate this matter. A police team has been sent to Patna for information. According to police sources, examination centres were set up at BRB College in Samastipur as well as at Sri Krishna High School, Jitwarpur, where six solvers were made to sit in place of the original candidates.

Two of the solvers were brought by Rambabu Mallik from Darbhanga Medical College. Both the solvers are students of DMCH. Another solver is a student of PMCH, who was arranged by Deepak. However, its official confirmation is yet to be made.

Police officials believe that Dr. Ranjeet operated alone to keep his activities secret. He didn’t use a driver and handled all travel himself between Samastipur, Darbhanga, and Begusarai. Now, the Economic Offences Wing is also involved, looking into his properties spread across several villages.

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