Bihar govt doctor held in UP constable exam paper leak case

The police said Mandal’s name cropped up during the questioning of other people arrested in the case. A total of 178 FIRs related to the leak of two question papers have been filed and 393 people arrested, officials said.

In a press release, the STF said that Shubham, a resident of Patna, is posted at a primary health centre in Katihar district of Bihar. He did his MBBS degree from Nalanda Medical College, it said. Shubham and his friend Bittu, who completed his MBBS degree from Patna Medical College in 2021, were booked in 2017 in connection with the leak of NEET question paper, the release added.

On Friday, the STF arrested three persons — Abhishek Kumar Shukla, Shivam Giri, and Rohit Kumar Pandey — claiming that the paper was leaked at the Ahmedabad warehouse of the company responsible for transporting the examination papers.

Shivam and Rohit were current employees of the company while Abhishek Shukla worked for it previously.

According to the STF, it came to light during the investigation that when the question paper reached the warehouse in Ahmedabad, Dr Shubham Mandal was asked to reach the city. The next day, Shubham and others gained access to the warehouse where he opened the box containing the question paper and sealed it after capturing the photographs with a cellphone.

A few days later, Dr Shubham went inside the warehouse again to click the photographs of another set of question paper.