EOU granted two more days to quiz NEET paper leak accused
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Patna: The
Economic Offences Unit
(EOU) has secured two additional days of remand to interrogate
Sanjeev Mukhia
, the alleged mastermind behind the
NEET UG-2024
paper leak case. The court granted the EOU's application on Monday, allowing further questioning after an initial 36-hour remand during which Mukhia made several shocking revelations.
Confirming the development, additional director general (ADG) of EOU, Nayyar Hasnain Khan, said, "Earlier, the EOU requested the court to remand Mukhia for five days. However, the court approved a 36-hour remand, which ended on Sunday. Following this, the EOU interrogated Mukhia, during which he made several revelations. Subsequently, the EOU filed another application for remand, which the court accepted and gave a remand of two days till Wednesday."
Khan added that Mukhia, currently lodged in Beur Jail, would be interrogated again over the next two days following court approval.
According to EOU sources, Mukhia revealed he had been evading arrest for 18 months, hiding in several locations. Before his arrest, he had been living with his girlfriend at R N Heights Apartment near Saguna Mor in Patna. He also made an attempt to flee to Nepal but returned to Patna, where he was planning to form a new gang.
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Sources said Mukhia admitted to leaking question papers for various competitive examinations, including NEET, as part of a larger plan to politically establish his wife. "During interrogation, Mukhia admitted that he chose to leak papers to politically establish his wife. He mentioned that he would quit all these activities once his wife became an MP or MLA," a source said.
His wife, Mamta Devi from Nalanda, is contesting the upcoming assembly elections from the Harnaut constituency. An election office has already been inaugurated there, where she addressed party workers to boost morale.
Mukhia also claimed to have established a network capable of securing admissions for the children of influential individuals into medical colleges, with alleged links to the Railway Recruitment Board and the National Testing Agency (NTA).
His gang operated in several states, consisting of around 30 members. During questioning, Mukhia also admitted to malpractices in competitive exams across
Bihar
, Jharkhand and West Bengal. He has named several others allegedly involved in the leaks of police constable recruitment, teacher selection and NEET UG exams in Bihar, against whom action is expected.
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