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Time of India
15-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
JEECUP 2025: Online application deadline extended to May 20, admit card soon
JEECUP 2025 application deadline extended to May 20, admit card to follow soon JEECUP Admit Card 2025: The Joint Entrance Examination Council, Uttar Pradesh (JEECUP), has extended the online application deadline for the JEECUP 2025 entrance exam to May 20, offering candidates additional time to apply. The latest extension was announced on May 15, 2025, and includes a one-day window for error correction, which will also take place on May 20. Earlier, the last date to apply had been extended from May 10 to May 15. With today's announcement, candidates now have five more days to complete the application process for the computer-based entrance examination, conducted for admissions to polytechnic institutions across Uttar Pradesh. Application window re-opened once again for student convenience The online application process began on January 15, 2025, and was initially scheduled to conclude on May 10. In response to growing demand and to accommodate late applicants, the council had first extended the deadline to May 15. With today's announcement, candidates now have until May 20 to apply for the computer-based entrance exam. The latest extension has been communicated by Mr Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Secretary, JEECUP, in an official letter dated May 15, 2025. The letter was addressed to the Division Head, e-Counselling Division, National Informatics Centre (NIC), A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The council has requested NIC to keep the application portal open and ensure all necessary actions are taken promptly. Read the official notice here Correction window limited to one day only As per the new notice, candidates will be able to correct errors in their submitted applications only on May 20. No additional window will be provided after this date, making it critical for candidates to review and amend their forms with utmost care. Admit card expected shortly after application deadline Following the conclusion of the application and correction process, the admit card for JEECUP 2025 is expected to be released soon. Candidates should keep a close watch on the official JEECUP website for updates regarding the admit card release. Steps to download the JEECUP 2025 admit card Step 1: Visit the official website: Step 2: Click on "Download Admit Card 2025" Step 3: Enter your application number, date of birth, and the security pin shown Step 4: Click 'Submit' Step 5: View and download the admit card Step 6: Print a copy for use at the examination centre For queries, candidates may contact JEECUP at 0522-2630667, 0522-2630695 or via email at jeecup@ / jeecup17@ Invest in Their Tomorrow, Today: Equip your child with the essential AI skills for a future brimming with possibilities | Join Now
NDTV
05-05-2025
- NDTV
Fraudster Sells "Question Paper" Ahead Of NEET Exam In Bihar, Arrested
Patna: The police arrested a person from Bihar's Araria district for his alleged involvement in duping medical aspirants ahead of the NEET-UG held on May four across the country. The arrested fraudster was accused of providing the "question paper" of the exam to the aspirants in exchange for money, the police said on Monday. The sleuths of the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) and Araria Police picked up the accused on May 3. "Acting on a tip-off that a group of fraudsters were allegedly taking money from NEET aspirants, falsely promising them to provide question paper ahead of the exam, EOU alerted its cyber unit in Araria and the district police. A team was formed and SK Faiz was arrested for duping medical aspirants," the EOU said in a statement. Investigations also revealed that the accused defrauded students and got money transferred to his account from them, it said. Further investigation is on, it added. The Bhar police had warned aspirants and parents against phone calls made by cyber fraudsters luring them to provide question papers ahead of the NEET-UG exam. The EOU last month arrested Sanjeev Kumar Singh alias Sanjeev Mukhiya, the alleged mastermind of the NEET (UG)-24 paper leak case from Patna. He was also wanted in connection with his alleged involvement in the paper leak case of the Bihar Public Service Commission Teacher Recruitment Exam (TRE-3) held in March 2024. According to officials, Mukhiya's gang is spread across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan and it was behind paper leaks in several recruitment exams in several states.
Hindustan Times
02-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
NEET-UG exam: Bihar Police warn people against rumours, fraud calls
Patna, The Economic Offences Unit of Bihar Police has warned the public and aspirants against rumours and fraud calls by cyber fraudsters to aspirants and parents luring them to provide answer sheets ahead of the NEET-UG, scheduled to be held on May 4 across the country. The EOU, on Friday, issued an advisory saying, "Public is advised not to fall prey to misinformation and fraud calls by cyber fraudsters luring them to provide answer sheets/question papers in the upcoming National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Undergraduate -2025 examination on May 4." "There is an apprehension that anti-social elements or cyber fraudsters may try to break the integrity of the examination through rumours on social media platforms," it said. The advisory also said that people should immediately inform the police about any such misinformation. "We advise people to avoid falling prey to such deceitful practices. Those found guilty of engaging in such activities will face severe consequences, including legal action. A criminal proceeding will be initiated against those who indulge in such activities," it said. The statement also said that if people receive any suspicious offers or requests from any individual/agency, the matter should be immediately brought to the notice of EOU. The EOU last month arrested Sanjeev Kumar Singh alias Sanjeev Mukhiya, the alleged mastermind of the NEET UG-2024 paper leak case and also wanted in several other cases, from the state capital. He was wanted in connection with his involvement in the paper leak case of the Bihar Public Service Commission Teacher Recruitment Exam held in March 2024. He was also wanted in the paper leak case of the NEET UG-2024, which is now being probed by the CBI. According to officials, Mukhiya's gang is spread across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. The gang was also behind paper leaks in the Haryana veterinary doctor recruitment exam, the Haryana English teachers' recruitment exam and some recruitment exams conducted in UP.
Hindustan Times
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Q-leak case: Mukhiya worked in nexus with politicians, hired doctors to solve questions
The grilling of arrested Sanjeev Kumar Singh alias Sanjiv Mukhiya, the mastermind behind the leak of questions papers of a number of competitive exams including that of NEET-UG, has opened a Pandora's Box, exposing an organised racket and links of politicians with criminals. Mukhia, according to investigation, worked at several levels in nexus with criminals and politicians and kept evading arrests due to such proximity to power. In the NEET-UG case, the CBI and the Bihar police have so far arrested 46 persons, including Mukhiya. 'Of them 28 were arrested by the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) and the Patna police, while the rest were arrested by the CBI. The line of investigation of the CBI is similar to the one adopted by the Patna police. The CBI has, however, collected a lot of new evidences, including technology and digital evidences, on its own to track the movement of the accused,' said a police officer. Modus Operandi The officer said that Mukhiya's arrest was crucial as he was the kingpin and responsible for making the strategy for question leak and involving tech-savvy youth, who operated at the second layer to carry out the operation by reaching out to the stake holders and arranging the logistics. 'The third layer of the network comprised the coaching institutes and the parents desperate to get their wards into medical colleges at any cost. The fourth layer involved printing press and exam centres to have access to question papers and ensure delivery at the designated places on time and with precision. The fourth layer managed the printing press and exam centres,' said the police officer involved in interrogation. The investigation has so far revealed that those entrusted with the responsibility of solving the questions in minimum time and with accuracy included mostly pass out doctors, who worked for Mukhiya either for money or under pressure. They were provided all sorts of technological assistance. On his modus operandi, Mukhiya told the EOU officials that barring some competitive exams conducted by premier agencies and which have more safeguards and security features, it was easy to manage all. 'In case of premier agencies, it is difficult and requires more money. Else, it is managed at the level of question paper storage, question setting and transportation, administration, teachers, centre superintendents or supervisors, whichever works at that moment,' he added. Mukhiya worked with foolproof mechanism, keeping phone numbers, blank cheques and educational certificates of the students. 'The payment was done in the bank accounts of Mukhiya'a associates. He preferred cash payment through hawala transactions. He said that he took payment from clients in one go. The rates are fixed -- ₹40 lakh for NEET, ₹20 lakh for teachers' exam and ₹15 lakh for constables. For NEET, the rate fluctuates according to demand,' he told interrogators. The EOU revealed the modus operandi of the mafias while probing the question leak of the third phase of teachers' recruitment test (TRE), conducted by the BPSC. The gang members involved in the paper leak case had breached the security chain from printing press to transportation level to get the papers. According to earlier EOU investigation, the question leak was carried out through a well-hatched plan to lay hands on the sealed questions during their transit from the printing press, scan them through specialised tools and then hand them over to their clients for hefty monetary consideration. 'The arrested accused had admitted that they first collect information about the press where printing of questions takes place and the mode of transportation. Then they lure some officials on good monetary consideration to lay hands on question papers during transit. Once the questions are scanned, they are provided to solvers and from them they reach the targeted group, who are kept at a pre-determined place and made to mug the answers,' EOU ADG NH Khan had said earlier. The ADG had said in case of TRE-3, the accused admitted that they got to know of transportation of the question papers through DTDC Courier. The mafia touch with a Munshi with the Patna-based Zenith Logistics Company Ltd courier company. They scan question papers while in transit from Patna to Nawada. As soon as the question papers were despatched from DTDC courier for Nawada, stopped at Buddha Family Restaurant, Nagarnausa in Nalanda. How paper was leaked The question of how the NEET paper was leaked led the EOU team to Jharkhand's Hazaribagh, with the serial code on the seized papers from Patna, leading to examination centre at the Oasis School. 'We traced the box and envelope in which the T3 set of the papers was dispatched from the examination centre. Preliminary investigations showed it was torn at the back, and resealed to resemble an original sheet. The two boxes in which the question papers were transported to the examination centre also found tampered,' said an EoU official. 'Our suspicions have grown after we found that the latches and hinges had been tampered with as well as the seal. The envelopes inside the boxes had also been tampered with from the rear end, while the upper portion was intact. We have sent all this evidence to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL),' the officer said. In a chargesheet, probing agency (CBI) has alleged that trunks carrying NEET-UG 2024 question papers were delivered to the Oasis School in Hazaribagh and stored in a control room on the morning of May 5. Shortly after the trunks' arrival, Dr. Ahsanul Haque, Oasis school Principal-cum-city coordinator and Md. Imtiyaz Alam, Vice-Principal-cum-centre superintendent of Oasis School, permitted one Pankaj Kumar, one of the masterminds, to access the control room where the trunks were kept, the CBI has alleged. Pankaj, used sophisticated tools to open the trunks and access the question papers, CBI said. The agency has seized these tools along with CCTV footage from the room. Political ambition In his long interrogation under police remand, Mukhiya said that he got into the question paper leak to amass enough wealth so that he could get his wife elected to the Harnaut assembly segment or to the Parliament from Nalanda, said a police officer familiar with the matter. 'He is determined to get his wife elected at any cost to establish her in politics, as that would be the best way to wriggle out of all the court cases and controversies surrounding him. He tried in 2020 also, but his wife, who served as mukhiya after winning in 2016 to give her husband the 'mukhiya' title, lost from Harnaut, but finished second. She had polled nearly 40000 votes. He wanted to himself dabble in politics, but knows that it would not be easy due to the cases hounding him,' he added. During interrogation, Mukhiya was candid in admitting how desperate he was to get his wife established in politics. 'Had she fought the Assembly election as an independent candidate, she could have won due to the support of the Kurmi voters. Fighting election requires a lot of money and after his wife lost, he said that he spread his network to tamper with other exams like Constable recruitment, teachers' recruitment, besides NEET, as he could easily access the questions papers due to his clout,' the officer said. Mukhiya is, however, not the first from Nalanda to nurse political ambition through exam tampering route. Before him, Kumar Suman Singh alias Ranjit Don, the mastermind behind a spate of question paper leak scandals, fought the 2004 Lok Sabha election from as an independent candidate while still in jail and though he lost, he still managed to get over 60000 votes. Ranjit Don, who was arrested by the CBI for his alleged role in leaking question papers of CAT, AIIMS and CBSE entrance examinations in 2003 and remained in jail for nearly one-and-a-half years, continued his political pursuit and contested the 2005 Bihar assembly elections from Hilsa as an LJP candidate but was again defeated. He also lost in 2015 when he was fielded by the LJP in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council.
New Indian Express
01-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
CBI takes NEET-UG 2024 question paper leak kingpin Sanjeev Mukhiya on four-day remand
PATNA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday took Sanjeev Kumar Singh, alias Sanjeev Mukhiya, on a four-day remand for interrogation in connection with the NEET-UG 2024 question paper leak case. Mukhiya, the alleged mastermind behind several question paper leak rackets, was arrested from Patna last Friday. CBI special judge Sunil Kumar-2 granted the four-day remand after a petition was filed seeking his custody for interrogation in the undergraduate medical entrance exam case. Although the CBI had requested a seven-day remand, the court granted only four. Mukhiya, a native of Bihar's Nalanda district, is believed to be at the centre of an inter-state solver gang involved in leaking question papers of various national-level exams. 'We hope to get substantial clue in the medical entrance exam question paper leak case,' said an investigating officer on condition of anonymity. During an earlier interrogation by Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit (EOU), Mukhiya reportedly claimed that he had helped several politicians, doctors and government officers by securing medical college seats for their children. He also confessed to maintaining connections with teachers at private coaching institutes, who would send candidates to him. He disclosed that the leaks were carried out in collusion with certain printing press employees. 'As soon as his men would inform him about question of a particular examination being printed in a press, he would start his work and contact them,' the officer said. Mukhiya would allegedly offer hefty bribes to gain access to the papers.
