The trunks containing the NEET UG 2024 question papers were brought to the school and kept in the control room in the morning of May 5.Haque and Alam illegally allowed Kumar to access the room where the trunks were kept, the CBI has alleged.Using sophisticated tools, Kumar allegedly opened the trunk to access the question papers from the trunk, it said.According to the CBI, the paper was solved at Hazaribagh on the morning of examination of May 5 by a set of solvers studying in MBBS courses at AIIMS Patna, RIMS Ranchi and a Medical College in Bharatpur.The agency has arrested seven alleged solvers and seized the equipment used to open the trunk.”The solved paper was shared with certain selected students who paid money to the accused. All the solvers, who are MBBS students from reputed colleges, have been identified and most of them arrested. These solvers were specially brought to Hazaribagh as part of the conspiracy,” the CBI spokesperson had said.Other gang members who acted with Kumar have been identified and some of them arrested.”This group was actively assisted by a set of accused persons who arranged places for housing the candidates, another set of accused were involved in mobilising and ferrying the candidates. The candidates who gained access to the solved question paper are being traced and necessary action is being taken,” the CBI had said.The NEET-UG is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions.This year, the exam was conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 abroad.More than 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the test.
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