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NEET exam racket busted, 8 held: CBI

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday said it busted an interstate NEET racket and arrested eight members of a gang who were appearing in the exam as proxy students.

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The NEET exams were conducted on July 17 and a CBI source said that the accused were held from Delhi, Faridabad and other parts of the NCR.

One of the accused was held at Delhiā€™s Sardarjung Hospital. The source said that the gang used to charge money to field proxy students in place of the real candidate.

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The CBI source said that it got a tip off in this respect, the information was developed, and raids were conducted following which eight persons were held.

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This post was last modified on July 18, 2022 8:08 pm

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