NEET paper leak: Patna court remands two accused to CBI custody

Two persons accused in the leak of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) question paper were remanded to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody on Wednesday by a special court in Patna..The accused Baldev Kumar and Mukesh Kumar were sent to CBI custody after the agency took over the probe from the Economic Offences Wing (EOU) of the Bihar Police, Republic reported.According to the report, thirteen accused persons from Patna and five from Jharkhand were in judicial custody. They were initially arrested by the EOU which was investigating the case before it was transferred to the CBI..The CBI is currently investigating six separate cases related to the NEET paper leak, with incidents reported from Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.Earlier this week, the EOU handed over the first information report (FIR) to the CBI, the report suggested..Upon receiving these documents, the CBI began investigations at several locations in PatnaThe agency also visited the residence of the prime suspect, Sikandar Yadavendu, a junior engineer with the Danapur town council, and a society in Patna..A plea is also pending before the Supreme Court of India alleging that the National Testing Agency (NTA) was involved in the manipulation of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets for this year's National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).The matter will be heard on July 8 along with a slew of pleas, including one filed by the NTA to transfer cases pertaining to NEET pending before various High Courts to the Supreme Court.On June 20, the Court had issued notice on the transfer plea and stayed proceedings related to NEET before various High Courts..Media reports also stated that an extraordinarily large number of candidates got a perfect score as per the results published on June 4.The candidates have alleged irregularities in the award of compensatory marks to students for loss of time.