The special CBI team from New Delhi has taken over the investigation of the case of the alleged NEET UG examination paper leak scam from the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) of Bihar police. The CBI team reached this morning in Patna to take over the investigation of the case from the EOU which had constituted the SIT after getting clues of leakage of the question paper. The investigation agency will also probe cases of malpractice and other offences which have been registered at Shastri Nagar Police Station in Patna.
The EOU had registered the case on 5th May this year on the day of the NEET UG entrance examination after getting leads about the alleged paper leak scam. More from our correspondent:
After reaching Patna the CBI team visited EOU headquarters and met higher officials of the Bihar police. The Bihar Home Department has given consent to the Central agency in a Gazette notification to investigate and supervise the case related to the alleged irregularities in the NEET UG examination.
The EOU has registered cases against 15 accused which include the mastermind of the scam, members of the organized criminal gang of paper leak and some suspected candidates who got question papers just a day before the NEET UG examination.
