NEET controversy: CBI files FIR on alleged irregularities, special teams to be sent to Patna, Godhra
Over 52% of eligible candidates appeared for a re-examination conducted at seven centres on Sunday.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday said it has filed a first information report about alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test held on May 5.
The agency filed the case based on a complaint by the director of the Department of Higher Education in the Union Education Ministry. The complaint alleged that “certain isolated incidents occurred in a few States” during the NEET examination, which is conducted for admission to undergraduate medical courses.
“Special teams have been formed by the CBI to investigate the matter on top priority,” the agency said in a press release. “Special CBI teams are being sent to Patna and Godhra where local police cases have been registered.”
The Centre, while announcing on Saturday that the matter would be handed over to the CBI, also set up a high-level expert committee “to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through National Testing Agency”.
The committee has been tasked with recommending reforms in examination processes, improving data security protocols and reviewing the structure and functioning of the National Testing Agency, which conducts the NEET exam.
CBI REGISTERS CASE IN THE MATTER RELATED TO ALLEGATIONS OF IRREGULARITIES IN NEET-2024 EXAMINATION pic.twitter.com/Bm5GbKt1F4— Central Bureau of Investigation (India) (@CBIHeadquarters) June 23, 2024
The results of the entrance examination were announced on June 4. Subsequently, several...
