NEET re-test: In Bihar ‘dummy candidate’ racket — MBBS students, biometric verification personnel
Lakhisarai police arrest 30 people for allegedly facilitating impersonation of candidates during Sunday’s re-test.
The NEET re-test was held on June 21 at four examination centres in the district, with Lakhisarai police saying in a statement that centre superintendents, magistrates and police personnel were deployed and tasked with ensuring a fair examination. Police in Bihar said on Monday they had uncovered an alleged impersonation racket during the NEET re-examination conducted at multiple centres in Lakhisarai district, leading to the arrest of 30 people, including purported dummy candidates, alleged facilitators and those involved with biometric verification.
The NEET re-test was held on June 21 at four examination centres in the district, with Lakhisarai police saying in a statement that centre superintendents, magistrates and police personnel were deployed and tasked with ensuring a fair examination.
During the examination, authorities received information that attempts were being made at certain centres to seat “fake/scholar/dummy candidates” in place of genuine aspirants. Following verification by centre superintendents, static teams and flying squads, a special team was constituted under the supervision of the Sub-Divisional Officer and Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Lakhisarai, to conduct detailed checks at examination venues, officials said.
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