<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cbi">CBI</a> on Thursday arrested one of the alleged kingpins in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/neet">NEET-UG</a> paper leak case who was on the run ever since the crackdown on irregularities in the entrance exam began, officials said.</p><p>Rockey alias Rakesh Ranjan, who hails from Nalanda, and is said to be a relative of mastermind Sanjeev Mukhia, was nabbed by the agency from outskirts of Patna, they said.</p>.NEET-UG row: No indication of 'mass malpractice' in examination as per technical analysis by IIT Madras, Centre tells SC.<p>The CBI had been trailing him since the case came to the agency. His run came to an end Thursday morning when he was arrested by the agency, they said.</p><p>The agency produced him before a special court in Patna which has remanded him to 10 days of CBI custody, they said.</p><p>The CBI conducted searches at three locations in Patna and nearby areas and one in Kolkata after his arrest, they said.</p><p>Earlier this week, the CBI had conducted searches at 15 locations in Bihar and Jharkhand gathering incriminating evidence in the case, they said.</p><p>The agency had earlier arrested the principal and vice principal of Jharkhand's Hazaribagh-based Oasis school in the case and two persons who allegedly lent premises to NEET candidates where burnt question papers were recovered by the Bihar Police.</p><p>The CBI, which is probing the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam, has registered six FIRs in the matter so far.</p><p>The FIR from Bihar pertains to paper leaks, while the remaining, from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, are linked to the impersonation of candidates and cheating.</p><p>The agency's own FIR on a reference from the Union Education Ministry pertains to a "comprehensive investigation" into the alleged irregularities in the examination.</p><p>NEET-UG is conducted by the National Testing Agency for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions.</p><p>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.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cbi">CBI</a> on Thursday arrested one of the alleged kingpins in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/neet">NEET-UG</a> paper leak case who was on the run ever since the crackdown on irregularities in the entrance exam began, officials said.</p><p>Rockey alias Rakesh Ranjan, who hails from Nalanda, and is said to be a relative of mastermind Sanjeev Mukhia, was nabbed by the agency from outskirts of Patna, they said.</p>.NEET-UG row: No indication of 'mass malpractice' in examination as per technical analysis by IIT Madras, Centre tells SC.<p>The CBI had been trailing him since the case came to the agency. His run came to an end Thursday morning when he was arrested by the agency, they said.</p><p>The agency produced him before a special court in Patna which has remanded him to 10 days of CBI custody, they said.</p><p>The CBI conducted searches at three locations in Patna and nearby areas and one in Kolkata after his arrest, they said.</p><p>Earlier this week, the CBI had conducted searches at 15 locations in Bihar and Jharkhand gathering incriminating evidence in the case, they said.</p><p>The agency had earlier arrested the principal and vice principal of Jharkhand's Hazaribagh-based Oasis school in the case and two persons who allegedly lent premises to NEET candidates where burnt question papers were recovered by the Bihar Police.</p><p>The CBI, which is probing the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam, has registered six FIRs in the matter so far.</p><p>The FIR from Bihar pertains to paper leaks, while the remaining, from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, are linked to the impersonation of candidates and cheating.</p><p>The agency's own FIR on a reference from the Union Education Ministry pertains to a "comprehensive investigation" into the alleged irregularities in the examination.</p><p>NEET-UG is conducted by the National Testing Agency for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions.</p><p>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.</p>